Desperate charges repulsed as World War conflict rages
Allied air attacks on Sten reported with unclear results. German and Russian actions in Champagne Vosges and Rawa Nowo miesto described with Russian captures. French artillery disabled a German 42 centimeter gun near Meuse. food shortages and bread riots noted in Canary Islands and La Cele. North Sea firing reported after Bluecher sinking.
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Associated Press
Madrid
Canary Islands
Lazarettos
la Cele
US Sends Urgent Note to Carranza on Mexico City
Washington reports say the United States delivered a strong warning to Carranza demanding changes in Mexico City amid Obregon’s actions. Officials note no threat and no immediate ultimatum, with Navy ships not scheduled for expansion though Tacoma moved toward Veracruz. The note follows charges from a Mexico City relief committee.
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Associated Press
Washington
United States
Carranza
Mexico City
Silliman
Washigton
Obregon
Secretary of the Navy
Daniels
Mexican
Tacoma
Vera Cruz
Haiti
State Department
Mexico
Edison lab fire threat to phonograph records saved
Thomas A. Edison, working in his laboratory after midnight, discovered fire in a building holding his valuable phonograph records. He directed firefighters in wet shirt sleeves until his wife arrived and ordered him to wear an overcoat. the building was saved.
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Associated Press
West Orange
N. J
Thomas A. Edison
Real Snow Storm Slams San Antonio and Shiner
A rare snowstorm sweeps San Antonio Texas with three inches on ground and drifts reaching a half foot. In Lavaca County Shiner reports heavy snow extending about fifty miles inland from the coast.
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San Antonio
Tex
Associated Press
Shiner
Lavaca County
Compulsory School Bill Engrossed in Senate Vote
The Texas Senate engrossed the compulsory education bill by seventeen to ten with an amendment to exempt twelve year olds who have completed four grades of school work. The measure now moves toward final passage pending changes.
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Associated Press
Austin, Tex
Senate
Commissioners' Court canvasses road bond and pool hall votes
The regular session of the commissioners' court met at the courthouse with Judge J. T. Maloney presiding and full attendance. They began canvassing the returns of the good road bond elections in Bryan and Millican districts and the pool hall election in the city last Friday.
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Commissioners’ Court
Court House
J. T. Maloney
Good Road
Bryan
Millican
Pool Hall
Two Battleships Ordered to Vera Cruz by Navy
Two battleships were ordered to Vera Cruz with one to serve as flagship so a senior officer can be stationed there. President Wilson said the new note to Carranza seeks to protect foreigners in Mexico City and evacution of the capital is the main feared danger.
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Associated Press
Washington
Vera Cruz
Daniels
Wilson
Carranza
Mexico City
Carranza Says Obregon Not Blocking Food in Mexico City
Washington report states Carranza told Consul Silliman in an oral reply that Obregon has not stopped food entering Mexico City nor sent any food out. He would not further inconvenience foreigners in the capital.
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Washington
Carranza
Silliman
Obregon
Mexico City
Murdered man found buried at Texas ranch
The body of R. B. Olmstead was found buried in a yard at his ranch near Midland on March 9 with two gunshot wounds to the chest. A bloody spade lay nearby. Olmstead had been missing for two weeks. He was last seen in a new automobile with a stranger, who later drove the Olmstead car through Rankin.
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R. B. Olmstead
Associated Press
Midland
Tex
Theody
Pland
Olmstead
Rankin
Mills Tax Exemption Bill Passes House in Austin
Austin Texas March 9 The House engrossed a bill exempting cotton and woolen mills from taxation for ten years.
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Associated Press
Austin, Tex
House
Turkish Situation May Hasten Their Action
London reports the Dardanelles bombardment could push Balkan states toward action. Bulgaria mobilizes thirty six thousand for Adrianople, Romania debates forty million dollars in funding, and Greece weighs immediate entry as Crown Council reconsiders war. Athens dispatch notes public support for war. Paris says mines cleared in one third of the strait, with three divisions near Tirnova. In the Atlantic a Dutch liner sighted a German submarine attack on a large unmarked merchantman, aiding by a British destroyer, the ship likely sinking. A French commission arrives in Fort Worth to buy three thousand Texas horses.
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Associated Press
New York
Ryndam
Fort Worth
Tex
Texas
Amsterdam
Constantinople
Persian Gulf
Kusistan
Paris War Losses Placed At Three Million By Paris Press
Paris reports Germany carries about three million dead wounded sick and prisoners based on ten regiments. French gains in Champagne persist amid counter attacks. New York notes Grasty moves to London to join AP as war correspondent with Palmer already writing. Tokyo reports a Japanese seaplane crew drowned.
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Paris
Germany
Champagne
Associated Press
New York
Charles H. Grasty
The
Baltimore Sun
London
Frederick Palmer
Bulgaria Mobilized Secretly Reports Say
Paris reports via Havas that Bulgaria has mobilized secretly, indicating a hidden military buildup. No further details are provided on timing or scale.
Turks Appeal for Aid Provokes Austro British Spillover
London dispatches report that after the Turkish request for Austrian aid, Austria curtly advised the Turks to relocate their capital to Asia, a remark reflecting wartime tensions and shifting alliances.
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Associated Press
London
Austria
Asia
Russians Press Turks in Caucasus and Armenia
Associated Press dispatch from Petrograd reports continued successful operations against Turkish forces in the Caucasus and in Turkish Armenia. The item notes active military action and advances by Russian troops.
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Associated Press
Petrograd
Caucasus
Turkish
Armenia
German Right 15 Near Germany's Own Border
Petrograd reports German flanks retreating in Northern Poland with the right wing eight miles from the border cutting links to Ossowetz siege. German batteries may be withdrawn from Ossowetz as Russian forces hit ships and fortifications. Russian gains at Lomza and Przasnysz. Amsterdam dispatch notes British forces failing in Kusistan as Turkish losses are light.
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Associated Press
Petrograd
Poland
Ossowetz
Almaz
Zungulchak
Admiralty Reports Losses as British Steamers Sunk
London March 9 The Admiralty announces fifteen British steamers were sunk between February 18 and March 3 out of about nine thousand arrivals and sailings. Twenty nine crew members lost their lives.
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London
Admiralty
Germans Capture Two More French Troops
By Associated Press Berlin reports that on March 9 German forces captured two additional French troops as part of ongoing combat operations.
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Associated Press
Paris
The
Meuse
Berlin
West Virginia Two-Cent Fare Struck Down by Supreme Court
The Supreme Court ruled the West Virginia two-cent passenger fare unconstitutional as applied to the Norfolk and Western Railway because the company cannot turn a profit.
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Associated Press
Washington
Supreme Court
West Viginia
Norfolk & Western Railway
Johnson Willard Heavyweight Fight Set for Havana
Havana reports a world heavyweight title bout scheduled for April 3 between Jack Johnson and Jess Willard. Willard plans to travel from New Orleans, arriving March 15, with promoter delays resolved and training begun by Johnson.
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Associated Press
Havana
Jack Johnson
Jess Willard
Juarez
Mexico
Willard
New Orleans
Gould Succeeded by B F Bush on Missouri Pacific Board
George J. Gould was eliminated from the Missouri Pacific and Iron Mountain directorates today. B F Bush succeeds him in St Louis Missouri as of March 9.
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St. Louis
George J. Gould
Misouri Pacific
Iron Mountain
B. F. Bush
Lloyd George seeks power to commandeer war factories
London March 9 Chancellor Lloyd George asks the House of Commons to empower the government to commandeer all factories used for war purposes only. He said the war's success depends on the output of war munitions.
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London
Lloyd-George
House of Commons
May Stop Mexico War Supplies
A Mexican army official says European nations will press U S gun factories, potentially ending Mexico’s four year civil strife. All factions drain ammunition and large U S arms houses warn shipments to Mexico may be delayed up to two years.
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Associated Press
Mexico City
Europe
United States
Mexico
Cabinet Crisis in Bulgaria Signals Intervention Clash
Paris dispatch reports Bulgaria faces a cabinet crisis similar to Greece with opposition to intervention prevailing. The Bulgarian premier reportedly resigns after the King opposes plans to seize Adrianople from the Turks.
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Bulgaria
Associated Press
Paris
Adrianople
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