Admiral Oliver Named Governor of Danish West Indies
Rear Admiral James H. Oliver was appointed by Secretary Daniels as Governor of the Danish West Indies as the U S takes over the islands. A $25 000 000 payment will be delivered to the Danish Minister with fortifications planned and the area serving as a naval base for Panama Canal protection. Transfer ceremonies will be held at St Thomas and in Washington.
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Associated Press
Washington
James H. Oliver
Naval Intelligence
Daniels
Danish West Indies
United States
St. Thomas
McAdoo
Panama Canal
Oliver
Congress
Hancock
Olympia
B. B. Bierer
Dutch Steamers Reported Taken By Allies Pressure
Dutch steamships in British ports were reported to have been confiscated by the British government. About 40 Dutch ships remained in British ports with a 15‑vessel grain fleet heading to the United States. Negotiations reportedly under way for Denmark and Sweden ships also held.
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Associated Press
Washington
Netherlands
Fierce Struggle to Hold Forest Front Continues
German forces slowly recoil along a ten mile front amid fierce fighting near the Coucy St Gobain forests. French troops under Nivelle seek the plateau of St Gobain while weather hampers operations. British progress is limited and the Franco-Belgian sector shows activity including trench captures south of Ripont.
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Coucy-St. Gobain
Nivelle
Laon
St. Gobain
Oise
Ailette
Chauny
Anizy
Petrograd
Berlin
Rome
Champagne
Ripont
Germans On Trial In New York Confess Deny Knowledge
In New York a German group faces trial as prosecutors seek charges over alleged plans. Defendants confess to involvement but deny knowing the specific object or aim of the plot. The case centers on the defendants and their claimed ignorance of the intended target.
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New York
Germans accuse in case over torpedoed munition ship orders
In New York a federal trial heard defense by Charlies von Kleist and Ernest Becker in a 1915 plot to destroy entente munitions ships. They claimed ignorance of the shells and bombs made on the Lloyd liner Friedrich der Grosse at Hoboken. they worked under chemist Dr Walter T Scherlin. The chemist is believed to be in Mexico, avoiding arrest.
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Gly
New York
O. Holland Steamship Lines
Unofmera
Entente
Great Britain
State Department
Netherlands Legation
Washington
Cable To
Holland
England
Scheele
Associated Press
Mens
Charlies von Kleist
Hoboken
Ernest Becker
Walter T. Scherlin
Mexico
Jewish Women Seek Role in Peace Work at Congress
American Jewish Congress plans include women’s representation via universal suffrage. Nathan Straus is honorary president and Mrs Joseph Fels is vice president. The conference in New York on April 1 will elect delegates by democratic vote to shape postwar policy, including emancipation of Jews in persecuted regions and a possible Jewish administration in Palestine.
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Associated Press
New York
United States
American Jewish Congress
Nathan Straus
Women’s
Joseph Fels
Pal‘tne
Eight hour day for Western Union begins May first
The Western Union Telegraph Company will implement an eight hour work day starting May 1 in its municipal offices. The change was announced in New York.
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Western Union
Associated Press
New York
Western Union Telegraphompany
Labor pledge signed by New York unions urged for national defense
The New York Federation of Labor endorses a pledge to defend American rights, circulated by the Majority of New York's Committee on National Defense. Copies sent to schools clubs hotels and public venues with broad display. James P Hollan states workers back the president's defense policy despite opposition from a few.
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Associated Press
New York
James P. Hollan
Tdis Foderation of Labor
Hol- NM
Manchuria Arrives Safely in England After Atlantic Crossing
The American Line freighter Manchuria reaches an English port after crossing the Atlantic. Its 159 crew includes 90 American citizens. The St Louis sailed armed due to U boat warfare and arrived earlier. The White Star Adriatic also reaches England with six American Harvard medical unit passengers bound for France.
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New York
American Line
Manchuria
Atlantic
P. A. S. Franklin
International Mercantile Marine
St. Louis
England
Adriatic
Harvard
France
Officials refute German crossings into Mexico reports
Washington reports from the Southern Department state that far fewer Germans have crossed into Mexico since February 3 than press accounts suggested. Only three crossings in Brownsville and 78 in Laredo with 34 returning to the United States. El Paso notes show mainly resident movement for business.
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Associated Press
Washington
Southern Department
Mexico
United States
Germany
Army Intelligence Service
Brownsville
Laredo
el Paso
Democrats to Name Candidate in Fifteenth NY District
Democrats in the Fifteenth New York Congressional district will select a candidate today to fill the late Michael F. Conry’s seat in the special election set for April 12. Republicans will nominate a man, but Democrats are favored to win, preserving the existing House lineup.
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United Press
New York
Michael F. Conry
House
National Guard Units Recalled to Federal Service
Washington March 28. War Department ordered all National Guard units that have partially demobilized to return to Federal service. The measure also affects troops demobilized in recent days still considered in Federal service under earlier orders. About six regiments fall in this class.
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Associated Press
Washington
The
War
German Spy Arrested in New York on Attempted Suicide
Adolph Wattes a German is in custody in Geneva on the technical charge of attempted death by own action while Federal officers from Buffalo are en route. A letter he wrote describes visits to Springfield Mass plants and other cities and a transmission notice to a German agent for Mexico. He later tried to kill himself with a knife. personal effects included maps clippings photos and other documents.
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Associated Press
Rochester
N. Y
Adolph Wattes
Geneva
Buffalo
Lee
Springfield
Mass
Mexico
Missing Baton Rouge Banker Found Alive in Seattle
Detectives tracing the 1920 disappearance of William M. McCausland, a Baton Rouge banker, learned he is alive in Seattle. Life insurance companies with about 100 000 in policies hired investigators and sent photos of a Seattle man resembling him. No arrest or claim collection has occurred.
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Associated Press
Baton Rouge
William M. McCausland
Mobile
Seattle
Wash
McCausland
Census report on cotton seed and products ends February
Washington reports seven months of data from the census bureau with figures for cotton seed receipts at mills 4 218 402 tons crushed 3 417 723 tons and on hand 815 008 tons crude oil produced 1 044 354 498 pounds on hand 6 807 871 pounds refined oil 808 184 809 pounds on hand 221 639 915 pounds linters 969 488 equivalent 500 pound bales on hand 15 206 hull fibre 260 615 bales on hand 18 560 oil imports 2 807 961 pounds exports 80 539 008 pounds linters exports unbleached 90 411 running bales bleached 73 068 bales.
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Associated Press
Washington
Census Bureau
Linters
Statue of Lincoln Presented to France
Paris receives Lincoln statue gift from America and accepts the offer. The Paris city council, led by Premier Ribot, approves the gift and vows a fitting site once the statue arrives, praising the pledge of friendship.
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Lincoln
France
Associated Press
Paris
America
Ribot
Adrian Milhouard
Colleges urged to award diplomas to speed war service
Washington officials urged heads of American universities to grant diplomas to senior technical and scientific students now, so the government can quickly obtain their services if needed. The call came from civil service commission officials on March 28.
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Associated Press
Washington
Civil Service Commission
Kruttschnitt Attacks Unions in Labor Controversy
Julius Kruttschnitt, chairman of the Southern Pacific board, told the Newlands committee that railroad brotherhood leaders show arrogance and contempt for the public, the President, Congress, and the Supreme Court. He urged compulsory investigation of labor disputes but opposed compulsory arbitration. He warned of involuntary servitude within unions exceeding that of railroads.
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Associated Press
Washington
Railroad Brotherhood
Newlands Joint Committee
Julius Kruttschnitt
Southern Pacific Board
Brotherhood
Congress
Supreme Court
Kruttschnitt
Eleven Dead In Central Alabama Storm Toll Rises
Eleven people died and three others were fatally injured as a storm swept Crenshaw Pike Hale and Chilton counties. Petrey suffered four deaths including Robert Jr Jeter. Homes schools lodges depots were demolished or destroyed across Petrey Ansley Milo Troy Greensboro and Mount Creek.
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Associated Press
Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Crenshaw
Pike Hale
Chilton
Petrey
Crenshaw County
Robert Jr. Jeter
Atlantic Coast Line
Ansley
Milo
Troy
Greensboro
Hale County
Clanton
Mountain Creek
Mann Withdraws From Speakership Fight for Nonpartisan House
Washington dispatch reports James Mann announces withdrawal from the Speakership contest and willingness to join a nonpartisan or bipartisan House organization. He cites urgent international affairs and urges rapid, unified action. Democrats hold 215 votes, Republicans 215, with independents pledging support from both sides. Speaker Champ Clark favored. Kitchin opposes nonpartisan setup.
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George H. Manning
Washington, D. C
House of Representatives
James Mann
Parlian Coor Eal Geen
Use
Washington
Champ Clark
House
Mann
Illinois
Clark
Kitchin
Mann Abandons Plan for Nonpartisan House Reform
Washington March 28 Republican House leader Mann virtually abandons hopes for a non-partisan organization at the upcoming special session. The shift ends the push he led as proponent of the plan.
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Associated Press
Washington
House of Representatives
Representative Mann
Appam Handed Back to Old Owners in Norfolk Court
The U S District Court in Norfolk on Supreme Court order handed the prize ship Appam to Floyd Hughes representing the British African Steamship Navigation Company. The court ordered $590,000 from cargo sale proceeds paid to English owners, and restored the unsold ore cargo portion. German defendants to bear all costs.
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Associated Press
Norfolk
United States District Court
Supreme Court
Appam
Floyd Hughes
British-African Steamship Navigation Company
Richmond
Thomas H. Willcox
Cuban Rebels Steal Entire One Ring Circus
Cuban revolutionists reportedly seized a one ring circus during a raid near Havana. They took circus horses outfits for Caesar and Cleopatra and the lion Hattie plus the elephant, leaving tents and sawdust behind. Edwards and Lot tie McGinley, show members, arrived in New York by steamship detailing the capture and distribution of the gear.
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Associated Press
New York
Edwards
Lottie McGinley
Cuba
Caesar
Cleopatra
Hattie
Havana
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MA. Mann
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