Great Drive On All War Fronts Near, Belief
Clear skies return to the front in France and along the Allied sectors as forces increase activity. Italian dispatches from Switzerland report central powers ready for a simultaneous offensive in France and Austria against Italy, with Austro-Hungarian troops massed on the Italian line and Italian raids on Pola.
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France
Washington
Switzerland
Entente
Germany
Austria
Italy
Germans Beaten Off by British in Ypres Sector Fight
British official statement says German attack on a front of over a mile forced a temporary British withdrawal. A counter attack restored the British line with the war office reporting successful defense on the Ypres-Dumade front.
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Tondon
Ypres-Dumade
War Office
Americans Repel Liquid Fire German Raid Northwest of Toul
In the St. Mihiel sector American forces repulsed a German liquid fire raid northwest of Toul. American sentries and patrols fought off enemy squads, with two Germans dead and two wounded, while Americans reported no casualties. A German attempt to raid was thwarted by U S rifles and machine guns as camouflage works near the front intensified.
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London
Toul
St. Mihiel
France
No Man's Land
Zbyscko Wins Marathon Match in Houston
Zbyscko defeated Yussif Lussane in a one fall bout lasting one hour ten minutes in Houston. Lussane was knocked unconscious after a heavy collision with the mat during the match.
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Zbyscko
Houston
Tex
Yussif Lussane
Hussane
Seventeen Wyoming Men Die in Army Losses Since War Began
An official notice lists Wyoming men dying in training camps and in France. Names include Olaf Larsen Rawling Clifford DeWitt Brown Pinedale James Christiansen Ray Dwyer Howard Finch George Vrooman Elmer Wise Earl Morris O Coggins Garver Robert Stoll George Edwards Carl Crawford Charles McNutt Marion Tanner Gus Berakis and others. Some deaths lack full details. Two unnamed men died at American Lake.
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Rawling
France
Clifford DeWitt Brown
Pinedale
James Christiansen
Ray E. Dwyer
Camp Milla
Bruce R. Beath
Meetcotse
Howard Finch
Torrington
George W. Vrooman
Casper
Elmer Wise
Senate backs bill to draft aliens into U S Army
Senate committee reports favorably Senator Fletcher’s resolution allowing the president to draft certain aliens whose nations have treaties with the United States. Aliens may enlist in their own countries if preferred. The panel also OKd reimbursing Tuscania losses to soldiers and officers who lost uniforms and equipment.
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Washington
Senate Committee On Military Affairs
Fletcher
United States
Bill
Tuscania
Senate
House
War Department
General Crowder
Land Grant Agricultural Colleges
Quartermaster’s
Hoover
Borah
Idaho
Reed
Missouri
Food Administration
Saulsbury
Delaware
Army
Navy
Troopers Capture Trio of Slayers
Three men, Tom Powers, John Powers, and Tom Sisson, sought across February 10 killings of Gra ham county officials, were captured by Twelfth Cavalry troops five miles south of Hachita near the Mexican border. They surrendered without a fight and were guarded at Hachita before transport to camp.
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Douglas
Ariz
Tom
John Powers
Tom Sisson
R F, McBride
D. R. Kempton
D. K. Wooten
Graham County
Twelfth Cavalry
Hachita
Mexico
Sammies Eyes Gouged Out by Hun Captors
New York World reports American soldiers in France captured by Germans had their eyes gouged out. Albert Hicks of the sanitary corps recounts twelve men missing on patrol. later found near trenches with eyes gouged, some bodies terribly mutilated.
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Fritz
No Man's Land
New York
France
New York World
the World
Albert Hicks
Sanitary Corps
Eleven Die in London Air Raid Faltering Reports
London police report eleven killed and forty six injured in a German air raid. Seven or eight planes attacked, with one reaching London and dropping bombs on northwest and southwest districts, destroying several houses and leaving fear of more bodies in the ruins.
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London
March
Teddy
Mutiny Poles Overpowered In Battle Near Amsterdam
A fragmentary report says a Polish Brigade of 8000 men mutinied on February 15 and fought against a Flemish infantry unit near Amsterdam. Heavy casualties were reported and Polish troops reportedly retreated after artillery and machine gun fire.
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Amsterdam
Coal prices in Wyoming cut by U S
The Fuel Administration announced an average 40 cent per ton cut in retail prices for all anthracite coal for domestic use from April 1 to Sept 1 to ease hoarding and ensure winter supplies. Montana Wyoming and Utah coal set run of mine 2.05 prepared 3.80 slack 1.50 plus 45 cent wage discrepancy allowances.
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Washington
The
Fuel Administration
Colorado
Utah
Wyaoming
Montana
Iowa
Wyoming
Montana Coal
Deputies Back Government in Holo Pagha Case
The chamber of deputies votes 400 to 75 in support of the government over its handling of the Holo Pagha matter. The outcome confirms confidence in current leadership and policy direction amid the controversy.
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Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Mexican bandits killed by Texas posses near Pleptonville
Corpus Chest Texas March 2 Five of the thirty Mexican bandits who rode the Tom Hast ranch south of Pleptonville last night were slain by posses led by Texas rangers and nineteen others have been located and will be brought in before daylight. None of the posse was injured.
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Corpus Chest
Texas
Tom Hast Ranch
Pleptonville
Texas Rangers
Heptonville
Japanese Help Urged as German Move Threatens Siberia
London reports Lord Robert Cecil warns of German menace in Siberia and appeals for Japanese intervention. He cites organized German prisoners, a Persian front and Bolshevik hurdles in Trans Caucasia while noting Russians may welcome a Japanese expedition to restore order. Petrograd awaits fate as armistice offers quiet.
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Associated Press
London
Robert Cecil
Siberia
Lord Robert
Tym
Trans-Caucasia
Persia
Tiflis
Russia
Spain Signs Trade Pact with America
Washington March 8 the United States and Spain signed a commercial agreement announced in Madrid at the state department The pact provides Spain supplies for General Merchings forces free exports for allies permits export of py rites minerals and manufactured wool and creates a French credit in Spain The War Trades Board made details public and the pact takes effect immediately
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Washington
United States
Spain
Madrid
State Department
Former Colorado Official Becomes National Party Chairman
David Coates former Colorado lieutenant governor and early founder of the Non-Partisan party was named chairman of the national party in Chicago on March 8 as its leader for the season.
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Colorado
MEADS
NEW National Party
Chicago
David Coates
Gocallat Party
Ivieie
Wan
British Labor in War 10 Win Says Official Here
British labor in war effort outlined by Charles Duncan and Willan Moen in Cheyenne. The delegation, sent by Samuel Gompers at British request, travels east from Denver to explain Britain’s position after years of war to American workers and unions.
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Bilt
Charles Duncan
Workers’ Union and
Meonmher
Parliament
Willan Moen
Pastorn-Mkers
Errong Bitresses
Rnele
Tere
Great Britain
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
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Europe
Appleton
Conevut Federation of ‘Trade’ of
O Butterworth
Lubin Buall
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Mr. Mownes
Ogden
Prestie Cent
St. Louie
Dalegation
Pix Golivdin
Sit Ayer
Slater
Moses
Two-Fifths of U.S. Corn Crop Spoiled
The Agriculture Department reports about three-fifths of last year's corn crop was marketable while two-fifths spoiled. The drop marks an unusually low share of merchantable corn since 1983, with large losses forcing some grain to be fed to livestock to prevent total waste. Wheat stocks on March 1 were down about 100 million bushels from the prior year, totaling 2,100,000 bushels less than last year.
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Associated Press
Washington
March
Department of Agriculture
U S Casualty Lists Delayed by War Department Order
Washington March reports state the War Department ordered expurgated casualty lists to withhold next of kin and addresses to prevent enemy access. The American Committee on Public Information says detailed lists remain available without addresses at the Adjutant General, while the department promises quick release of names to notify next of kin.
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Washington
Puolic Information Committee
war_department
War Department
Adijuwtant General’s Office
Crowell
Jershing Hoth Crowell
Maroh
Atalf
Pershing
Ships Held Up by Unions Delay Puget Sound Construction
Wooden ships near completion in Puget Sound await launch for wartime service but are stalled by union resistance. Shipping Board officials cite two carpenters unions refusal to cooperate as the cause, while William Hutcheson notes his group sought work for national ship production.
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Washington
March
Puget Sound
Wistyliet
Loridge
Ware
Shipping Board
William
Hutcheson
Carpenters
Kay
Trofoed
Coulkern
Sunnil
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