World War I News Digest March 16 Briefings
Multiple dispatches report on wartime developments including Wilson's refusal to discuss the British order on German trade and expected protests to England. Italian navy concentration near Taranto, barbed wire around Alsace, Greek neutrality concerns, and Russian reservists ordered to colors. Reports cover battles near St Blot Ypres and Beausejour, plus Dresden crew losses and Bukovina Russian advances.
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Palmer Named for Claims Court
President Wilson selected former Representative A. Mitchell Palmer of Pennsylvania for chief justice of the United States Court of Claims in Washington on March 15. Palmer, a former congressman, would lead the body in claims matters and adjudicate disputes involving government financial obligations.
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Spain Accepts Carranza Apology In Principle
Washington reports that Spain has accepted Carranza's apology in principle for the expulsion of the Spanish minister from Mexico. The development comes as diplomatic friction eases and both nations seek normal relations.
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Ferguson Appears in Land Hearing in Dallas
Governor Ferguson testified today about cruelty in the South's credit system for tenant farmers and urged crop diversification. He blamed the system rather than individuals for hindering tenants from becoming landowners. Turner Crenshaw of Steep Hollow noted a 10 percent fruit crop loss from last week's cold.
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United States Serves Notice on Carranza Over Progreso Port
The United States demands the Progreso port stay open for sisal hemp shipments used in harvesting twine. The Des Moines may back the demand. Carranza’s forces reportedly hold Progreso with 40,000 soldiers. Progreso blockade reportedly abandoned after U.S. representations.
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Beachy’s Machine Cited in Hi Death
Structural defects in Lincoln Beachy’s new monoplane caused his fatal fall in San Francisco. He plummeted seven thousand feet into the Pacific and was found strapped to his machine forty feet under water.
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Senate OKs Normal Schools Plan Across Texas
Austin Texas March 15 The Senate passed the normal bill to establish in three years normal schools for the South Northeast and Western Texas An amendment set the Western school in the Twenty fifth or Twenty seventh Senatorial District The House engrossed a bill to set up a State board of forestry The Senate also confirmed the State Veterinary board of examiners appointment
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Turbulent War Dispatches From March Fronts
Reports from Paris Berlin Petrograd and Rome describe Turkish cruiser damage in the Dardanelles and Greek Premier Venizelos offering troops, Austrian pressures at Przemysl, Russian counterattacks in the Carpathians, and Italy’s neutral stance. British actions near Dunkirk and Ypres continue amid heavy bombardment and Allied counteroffers.
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British Blockade Decree Expands German Trade Limitation
London reports a British decree to enforce the German trade blockade. It would shut off German commerce on all articles, even via neutral ports, with a loophole for merchants under their own flag. The decree permits seizure of neutral ships but allows owners to appeal in prize court.
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London
Five British warships sighted off Newport News awaiting Prinz Eitel Friedrich
News from March 13 reports five British warships seen offshore at varying distances near Newport News awaiting Prinz Eitel Friedrich. Two Frye crew members, believed German citizens, were detained aboard the German cruiser, with Frye's captain noting they did not object.
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London
Dreadnaught Pennsylvania launched at Newport News
Newport News Virginia March 16 The dreadnaught Pennsylvania was successfully launched this morning. Arrangements with Reid Bros grocers enable the A M College creamery department to buy Bryan area cream at 28e per pound for sale until further notice.
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British Aviators Destroy Rail Stations in France
London dispatch reports British airmen destroyed railroad stations at Don and Douai. Two fresh German divisions pressed the British lines this morning amid severe fighting across France.
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British Capture 1000 Germans at Bold Offensive
Paris reports British forces with French artillery captured 1,000 Germans as they advanced toward a point dubbed the Highway to Hell. In other news, the Swedish steamer Anna was sunk by a mine off Scarborough with two crew killed.
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Legislative bill grinding slowly in Austin and Montgomery
In Austin the House approved a joint resolution to amend the constitution letting localities vote bonds for warehouses cold storage plants and grain elevators. The Senate passed the landlord's lien bill. In Montgomery discussions on exporting yellow pine to Europe envision Liege rebuilt largely with Southern pine as supplies from Germany and Russia run out.
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