Peace Treaty Denounced by War Council
A London session of the Supreme War Council denounces German peace terms with Russia and Romania as political crime. Allied leaders condemn German plunder and vow to continue fighting. The statement underscores unity of Allied nations and trust in their armies against Central Powers.
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Russia
Rumania
Supreme War Council
London
Germany
Great Britain
France
Lay
United States
Bliss
Sims
von Hertling
Reichstag
Courland
Lithuania
Holland
North Sea
Ypres
Amentieres
Verdun
Vosges
Toul
Coblenz
Rhenish 'Issia
Aveler
Mulheim
Cob“Na
American Guns Bombard Towns Behind Front Lines
American artillery on the Toul front bombarded towns within German lines and fired gas shells. An American patrol between Renieres wood and Jury wood clashed with German troops, with pistols and rifles in use. American planes repelled by anti-aircraft fire and discovered Germans strengthening their second line as the first line was largely abandoned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Toul
Essey
Montsec
Renieres Wood
Jury Wood
Leichepray
Fliery
Metz
Missouri Leads in Savings Stamps Campaign
Washington reports Missouri tops the wartime Savings Stamp drive with 476,880 in total regional leads. Nebraska Missouri and Kansas follow in per capita subscriptions, while state totals listed include Florida 381,246.63 Virginia 1,656.42 North Carolina 849.34 Georgia 640,040.05 and South Carolina 190,869.20.
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Washington
Missouri
Seie of War Savings
National War Savings Committee
Ebraska
Kansas
Virginia
North Carolina
Georgia
South Carolina
Increased Pay for All Postal Employees
Washington reports Senate Postoffice Sub-Committee recommends flat 15 percent pay raises for all postal workers, including all grades and pay types, to offset wartime living costs. The panel envisions postwar readjustments to contracts and higher appropriations for stamped envelopes and pneumatic tubes, boosting the bill by 32 million dollars to 365 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Postal Service
Senate Postoffice
Postoffice
Florida Man Gassed in Canadian Army Casualty List
March 19 report from Ottawa lists E. M. Boyd of Jacksonville Florida as a Canadian army soldier suffering from a gas attack per the logistics casualty roster.
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Florida
Ottawa
E. M. Boyd
Jacksonville
Fla
Americans Named in French Citations at Luneville Ceremony
American headquarters announced three more soldiers awarded the French war cross. Nearby at Luneville, six officers, six sergeants and two privates were honored for aiding a unit against a German bombardment and for defending the line during enemy attacks. Citations praised Private Crawford’s deadly courage, Corporal Fanning’s trench safety act, and Private Black’s quick fuse action.
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France
Luneville
Douglas Mac Arthur
Matthew A. Tinly
William J. Donovan
Thomas Handy
W. Arthur Cunningham
Detroit
Oscar Buck
New York
G. Russell
Abraham Blaustein
Charles Jones
William Moore
Daniel O'Connell
Carl Kahn
William Bailey
James Quickley
Donovan
Tinley
A. A. Crawford
Alabama
Harry W. Faning
Baltimore
Bernard Black
Crawford
Fanning
Black
Bank Robbers Kill Banker in Zephyr Hills Hold Up
In Zephyr Hills Florida about 1 a m a gang of five or six bank robbers blew the vault door of the American State Bank but fled empty handed after killing A B Storms a banker who left a wife and five children. The robbers escaped by car then ditched along a railroad track and fled toward Plant City Tampa and three counties search the band continues.
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Tampa
Fla
A. B. Storms
American State Bank
Zephyr Hills
Plant City
Rahs To Colonize Courland in March Dispatch
The Bavari Colonization Society, meeting in Munich, plans to send 50,000 German colonists to Courland. The decision was reported by a dispatch to The Daily Mail from Annemasse, France.
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Rahs
Courland
Bavari Colonization Society
Munich
Ail
Annemasse
France
Hearing of crew of Russian ship comes Thursday
The crew of the Russian steamer Omak faces charges of interfering with foreign relations and neutrality. A new crew is being obtained to clear for a European port where cotton cargo is needed by the Allies. Immigration Inspector Morton was suspended. J. J. Hurley will head the local bureau pending further action. literature aboard the Omsk likely German in origin and betting circulated in Galveston on the ship reaching its destination.
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Norfolk
Department of Justice
Hamilton
Washington
Morton
Labor Department
Treasury Department
J. J. Hurley
Boston
Immigration Bureau
Hurley
Customs and
Immigration
Customs
Omsk
Americans Blow Up Mine Throwers In Luneville Sector
American artillery located and destroyed a troublesome mine thrower battery in the Luneville sector after days of harassment. A 24 man patrol, half American, half French, conducted reconnaissance with a brief skirmish and no prisoners. Yesterday gas bombardment by the enemy met a vigorous American French counterfire in Chemin-Des- Dames with heavy shelling.
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France
Luneville
Chemin-Des- Dames
New England
Massachusetts
General Change of Army Command in Central Department
Major General Thomas Barry takes command of the Central Department with headquarters in Chicago succeeding Major General William H. Carter who moves to Camp Wadsworth South Carolina. Carter proceeds to Spartanburg under War Department instructions while Barry assumes duty in Chicago.
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Carter
Holland Accepts Allied Demands On Shipping Conditions
The Hague reports Holland accepts the Anglo American demand for Dutch ships to sail through the danger zone for 100 000 tons of wheat in two months with conditions. Britain and the United States must guarantee no troops or war material on ships and replacement of lost vessels after the war. Dutch coal for shipping must be supplied.
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The
Hague
Holland
Loudon
Allied air raid on Coblenz kills fifty and damages works
A neutral traveler reports Allied bombing of Coblenz on March 12 causing fifty deaths and major material damage near Mulheim. Onlookers misidentified planes as American, reflecting wartime skepticism about U S aircraft. The raid ended with an all clear at 4 PM.
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London
Coblenz
Germany
Hague
Times
Mulheim
Rhine
British Air Raid On Coblenz Reported As Deadly
The British war office said on March 12 that daylight bombing of Coblenz by British aviators hit factories stations and barracks. Two fires and a violent explosion were seen. If 50 were killed the raid marked heavier losses than Germany had previously reported.
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Coblenz
Rhine
Prussia
British
War Office
Berlin
Germany
German army invites neutral correspondents to Western front
London March 19 neutral correspondents are invited by the German army to observe the Western front offensive. The Exchange Telegraph reporter at Copenhagen says the journalists will depart for the front on Wednesday.
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London
Western Front
Exchange Telegraph
Copenhagen
Daylight Saving Bill Signed by Wilson
President Wilson signed the Daylight Saving bill set to move clocks forward one hour on the last Sunday in March and back on the last Sunday in October. The plan aims to save energy, boost manufacturing, and improve health with an extra hour of daylight. Officials indicated Dutch ship requisitions awaited London word before seizure.
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Washington
London
Netherlands
Wilson
New York
New York Harbor
Samarinda
Naval Reserve
Wam Sf
Navy Yard
Congress
Interstate Commerce Committee of the
House
Indictment Lost in Crenshaw Case at Charlottesville
The second trial of S Dabney Crenshaw of Richmond for arson at the University of Virginia lab and $2500 in platinum was postponed to the April term as indictment papers were found mislaid. Crenshaw appeared in court and bond of 20000 was renewed.
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Charlottesville
S. Dabney Crenshaw
Richmond
University of Virginia
Crenshaw
Hungarian electoral reform bill gains approval in Diet
Amsterdam March 19 dispatch from Budapest reports the franchise committee of the Hungarian Diet has approved the electoral reform bill with one dissenting vote. The measure would extend the vote to all Hungarians aged 24 and older who can read and write, with provisions for secret ballots.
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Amsterdam
Budapest
Committee 10 Fix Prices of Materials
Washington reports creation of a price fixing committee under the War Industries Board to set prices for basic government bought materials and establish a policy to be approved by the President. Members include Robert S. Brookins Brigadier General Palmer E. Pierce John Hancock H A Garfield F W Taussig Hugh Frayne Barnard M Baruch and others to be named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Industries Board
Council of National Defense
Robert S. Brookins
Palmer E. Pierce
War Department
John Hancock
Bureau of Supplies and Accounts of
the Navy
H. A.garfield
F. W. Taussig
Tariff Commission
Hugh Frayne
Barnard M. Baruch
Civilism
Fatal collapse at unfinished Dinnerhey Naval Hangar
In Miami Florida during a night storm a partially built hangar at Dinnerhey Naval Air Station collapsed killing two men and injuring thirty three. Two bodies unknown white man and Matthew Mullen of Brooklyn were among the dead while nine seriously hurt were evacuated to Miami hospitals. About forty workers were inside the site rushing to finish the plant when the structure fell near a concrete mixer. The station was already used for training naval air pilots and observers despite being incomplete.
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Miami
Fla
Dinnerhey Naval Air Station
Here
Matthew Mullen
Brooklyn
N. Y
Naval Air
Protest Against Negro Lynching Sent to Louisiana Governor
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People sent a protest to Governor R G Pleasant of Louisiana regarding a March 16 lynching in the Monroe court yard. It marks the third protest raised against Louisiana lynchings in six weeks, with prior protests and information requests reportedly ignored by state officials.
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New York
Court House
Monroe
R. G. Pleasant
Louisiana
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Louiana
Fire destroys Florida East Coast warehouse in Miami
A Florida East Coast Railroad warehouse in Miami burned today losing flour and other foodstuffs. The fire origin remains unknown.
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Miami
Fla
Florida East Coast Railroad
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Sammies
NO Man’s Land
Man
Hety
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