Villa on war path as rebels press toward capital
In Chihuahua City area on February 27 Pancho Villa’s forces clashed with Carranza troops as Villa probed defenses laid by General Murguia. Engagements spread south and southwest of the city with reports of movements toward Latevo and trains carrying civilians toward Juarez. Mrs Francisco Murguia reportedly traveled from the south to the area.
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Chihuahua City
Mexico
Pancho Villa
Carranza
Villa
Francisco Murguia
Latevo
Juarez
Fearful Loss to Shipping Amid War Measures
In the House of Lords on March 27 Lord Charles Beresford announced merchant vessel losses in March exceed 420 000 tons due to central powers war measures. He noted 255 ships had been destroyed this month and urged public awareness as days lengthen and weather calms raise risks.
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London
Charles Beresford
House of Lords
Beresford
Emperors Hold Conference Over War Tactics
London reports a conference between the Austrian and German emperors to decide whether Austro German policy toward the United States should shift to avoid war or whether submarine methods provoking war with the United States should continue.
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London
William
Daily Mail
Vienna
Switzerland
United States
Utahns Pledge Fealty to Wilson Against German Aggression
Salt Lake City report says over 10 000 residents of Salt Lake and nearby counties joined a main meeting in the tabernacle pledging support for President Wilson. They vowed to defend American honor at home or abroad and protect American citizens worldwide with cheers.
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Salt Lake City
Salt Lake
Tabernacle
Wilson
Germany
United States
Mobilizing Food Resources in Utah Farms
Ogden Utah farmers respond to an appeal from President D D McKay urging all farm bureau officers to boost food production and storage. The plan calls for recording each county’s production potential and motivating farmers to increase outputs across the state.
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Utah Farm Bureau
Ogden
Utah
D. D. McKay
State Farm Bureau
Farm Bureau
Berlin rumors of separate Russian peace terms
A Derl tele erum reported by the Amsterdam Houree says Berlin is filled with rumors that Germany offered Russia a separate peace. The terms allegedly include Poland autonomy Constantinople internationalization Russia evacuating Austrian territory and a Kurdish protectorate over Armenia.
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London
Exchange
Asturiad Hospital Ship Torpedoed with Casualties
London reports the British hospital ship Asturiad torpedoed without warning. Official tally dated March 27 lists thirty-one killed and twelve missing as rescue and recovery efforts proceed.
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London
Britons in U. S. enlist in British American regiment
More than 600 American citizens of British descent have volunteered for the British American regiment being formed in the United States for possible wartime service.
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U. 8
New York
Potato Ration Restrictions Go Into Effect
Vienna imposes weekly potato rations of one pound per person starting March 27. The measure may be adjusted if announced later and affects all residents.
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Vienna
Germany States It Seeks Peace With United States
German chancellor Bethmann Hollweg tells Reichstag on March 29 that Germany never intended to attack the United States and does not desire war. He cites Britain’s blockade and submarine warfare as provoked by defense, promising Germany will bear and overcome any consequences.
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Berlin
Germany
United States of America
Bethmann-Hollweg
Reichstag
United States
Bald
Wilson
Congress
England
Lansing
Interstate Commerce approves coal and coke rate increases
The interstate commerce commission allows higher rates from eastern lines on coal and coke as part of broader freight rate hikes. Bituminous coal tops rise 5 to 10 cents per ton while coke climbs 10 to 65 cents per ton, effective without suspension.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Eastern Lines
General Maude Drives On After Capturing Kut El Amara
General F S Maude commanding British forces in Mesopotamia has captured Kut el Amara and is still pursuing the Turkish forces. The victory marks one of Britain's greatest wartime reverses reversed by the campaign.
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Maude
Mesopotamia
Kut-el-Amara
Brookings Man Detained for Threats Against President
John Schmidt of Brookings county is jailed in Washington for calling President Wilson vile names and threatening to kill him at the first opportunity, according to Brookings authorities.
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Brookings
D. C
Brookings County
Wilson
John Schmidt
Passenger Coaches Overturned Near Teluride Train Derailment
Four passenger coaches overturned when a Denver and Rio Grande train derailed near Telluride Montrose Colorado. Four persons were seriously injured and seven slightly hurt in the crash.
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Montrose
Colo
Telluride
America Declines German Treaty Renewals Over Violations
U S authorities cite clear violations of treaties of 1799 and 1828 and disregard for international courtesy to justify not reaffirming or extending the agreements. Secretary Lansing notes Berlin’s actions threaten the treaty basis and declines the proposed protocol. The German note suggested a new framework limiting internment and allowing many Germans to leave with property, while Canada’s approach shows a milder system with few internments.
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Washington
United States
Germany
Paul Ritter
State Department
Lansing
Canada
Girl electrocuted at ball game in Las Vegas
A 12-year-old, Edna Wyckoff, was electrocuted while grasping a high voltage wire to steady herself after climbing a tree to watch an exhibition game between the Salt Lake Bees and a local team. Her death ended the contest after the seventh inning.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Salt Lake Bees
Edna Wyckoff
Spokane Pledges Support For President Wilson
In Spokane resolutions pledging support to President Wilson during the present international crisis were adopted at a mass meeting of 5,000 citizens on Sunday and at an overflow meeting of 3,000 more.
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Spokane
Wilson
Baled Hay Sent by Parcel Post to Utah Brother
A. H. Niebart of Idaho shipped a half ton of baled hay to his brother J. L. Niebart in Garland Utah by parcel post paying 21 dollars in postage. Including the 25 dollar hay price the total cost was 46.40 dollars per ton.
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Parcel Post
Bub
Idaho
A. H. Niebart
J. L. Niebart
Garland
Utah
Germany Firminister Granted Safe Conduct To China
The United States grants safe conduct to the former German minister and his suite traveling through the United States to China en route to Germany.
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Washington
United States
China
Germany
Labor mobilization plan if war comes
Washington hosts a conference of labor leaders and secretary Wilson to arrange government labor support for war. Plan includes ready workmen for shipyards arsenals and plants on government contracts with AFL head Samuel Gompers among representatives. Public employment service civil service clerical help and post office ads will assist. Council of National Defense labor committee aids.
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Washington
Germany
Wilson
England
American Federation of Labor
Samuel Gompers
United States Public Employment Service
Tivil“Service Commission
Post Office Department
Council of National Defense
Gompers
Miner Fight Leaves Officer Shot in Salt Lake City
Faasiman J. P. Emery a Salt Lake police officer for nearly five years was shot in the throat while trying to protect a young woman from a Bingham miner named Fat Smith who was intoxicated. Mrs Bessie Spencer dodged two shots and a grazing bullet struck Mrs Jennie Bishop.
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Salt Lake City
Bingham
Fat” Smith
Faasiman J. P. Emery
Salt Lake
Bessie Spencer
Jennie Bishop
Spencer
General Carranza Elected Mexico President
General Carranza won the Mexican presidency by an almost unanimous vote and will be inaugurated on May 1.
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General Carranza
Mexico
I W W Members Fined in Kansas City Movement Case
Seventeen Industrial Workers of the World members were fined 100 to 200 dollars each in municipal court. Stays of execution were granted on the condition the men leave town.
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W. W
Kansas City
Industrial Workers of the World
Brown bill funds Rockaway fort site seizure
The senate passed the Brown bill to appropriate 2,600,000 dollars to cover all expenses incidental to the state seizure of lands needed by the federal government for the Rockaway fort site.
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Albany
Rockaway Fort
Senate
Women Win Debate on Ballot Reform in Wartime Britain
March 28 debate in the House of Commons yielded a 279 majority in favor of franchise reform. Ex-Premier Asquith and Andrew Bonar Law supported women's suffrage as a war obligation. Lloyd George endorsed the conference’s recommendations and signaled further action to enact reform.
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London
House of Commons
Asquith
Andrew Bonar Law
Lloyd George
Commons
Bonar Law
Tynedareus Mines Disaster Echoes Birkenhead Tradition
The British transport Tynedareus with a Middle Sex regiment aboard hit a mine off Cape Agulhas on February 9. Troops sang on deck as the ship sank, were saved, and transferred to rescue steamers, honoring the Birkenhead tradition.
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London
Tyndareus
Middlesex Regiment
Cape Agulhas
Africa
Birkenhead
Guardsmen Increased to Sixty Thousand for Federal Service
Washington reports 60 000 national guardsmen called into federal service for policing industrial and strategic points under March 28 orders. The First regiment of engineers along the Mexican border is recalled to capital Warracks as navy boosts ship construction and equipment and both War and Navy Departments announce extra recruiting provisions.
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Washington
Federal Service
Engineers
Navy
War and
Navy Departments
Government to Assume Foreign Debts Amid Mexico City Debates
Mexico City reports that a congress resolution will propose government assumption and payment of foreign debts. The plan covers roughly 30 million dollars in back interest on Mexican National railway bonds and about 40 million dollars in overdue interest on Mexico foreign loans.
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Mexico City
Congress
Mexico
Sweden to Form New Cabinet After Hammarskjold Resigns
London reports King Gustave of Sweden appointed Carl Johan Gustaf Swartz, former finance minister 1906 to 1911, to form a new cabinet succeeding the Hammarskjold administration that resigned.
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London
Gustave
Sweden
Carl Johan Gustaf Swartz
Finance
Lindman
Hammarskjold
Spain in Revolt Sparks Government Crackdown
An appeal to the people issued in Spain is denounced as seditious by the government. Havag dispatch from Madrid reports arrests of signers whose names are not disclosed.
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Paris
Spain
Madrid
Iowa House approves joint resolution for woman suffrage
Des Moines Iowa lawmakers vote 85 to 40 to submit a constitutional amendment to the people granting women the right to vote. The measure seeks to enshrine woman suffrage in the state’s constitution pending public approval.
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Des Moines
Iowa House of Representatives
Flood Forces Dozens From Homes in Utah District
Bingham Utah residents report 30 to 40 families driven from their homes as flood waters from the Highland Bay area rushed through Yampa Guich exchange causing evacuations and property damage.
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Bingham
Utah
Highland Bay District
Yampa Guich Exchange
Georgia Passes Bone Dry Liquor Bill
Georgia enacts a bone dry measure barring liquor statewide except for medical mechanical and sacramental uses. The bill cleared both houses and was approved on March 28 in Atlanta.
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Georgia
Atlanta
Cuban revolutionists steal circus from crew, report says
Edward and Lottie McGinley of the crew arrived March 78 on a steamship from Cuba claiming Cuban revolutionists stole an entire circus except the tents and sawdust.
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New York
Edward and
Lottie McGinley
Arew
Cuba
Lesson on Lazarus and the resurrection power
The April 8 lesson centers on Jesus in Bethany near Jerusalem after Lazarus dies. It highlights unbelief fear and pain as paths to faith and shows Jesus as the resurrection and life guiding Martha and others toward belief. The account notes Jesus delays to reveal his power and the Pharisees' plot grows from the miracle.
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Jesus
John
Bethabara
Jairus
Nain
Lazarus
Bethany
Mt. Olivet
Jerusalem
Christ
Jordan
Martha
Thomas
God
Rom
Browning
Earth
Rome
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Western Mewapaper Union
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