Great Drive On All War Fronts Due Soon Belief
Italian official dispatches relay reliable reports from Switzerland showing central powers ready for a broad offensive. Germany plans simultaneous strikes in France and Austria against Italy as Austro Hungarian forces mass along the Italian front. Italian hydroplanes raid Pola and Venice defenses claim success against raid attempts on Rialto bridge.
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Washington
Switzerland
Entente
Germany
France
Austria
Italy
Venice
Pola
Rialto
Adriatic
Mott di Livengo
Parenzo
Germans Beaten Off by British on Ypres Front
British war office reports on the Ypres Dumade sector say German assault over a mile front forced some British positions back before a counter attack restored the line. The clash highlights continued heavy fighting on the Western Front.
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Tondon
Ypres-Dumade
War Office
Americans Repel Liquid Fire Attack northwest of Toul
In the St. Mihiel sector near Toul American forces repulsed a German liquid fire assault. American sentries and patrols repelled enemy moves, with German troops suffering casualties and retreating. A separate American patrol situation north of No Man's Land ended with the Germans halted by firepower and camouflage activity observed by U S troops.
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London
Toul
St. Mihiel
France
No Man's Land
Zbyscko Wins Dramatic One Fall Match
Zbyscko defeated Yussif Lussane in Houston on March 3 with a flying mare after a lengthy one hour ten minute bout. Lussane was knocked unconscious on impact, leaving the ring under dramatic circumstances.
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Zbyscko
Houston
Tex
Yussif Lussane
Hussane
Wyoming M en Die in Army Since War Began
Seventeen Wyoming men have died in training camps and in France with one wounded in action in France. Adjutant General Weaver lists specific cases including Durant of Sheridan and Larsen of Rawling among others. Several deaths are described by cause and location from late 1917 to early 1918, with several names missing or unconfirmed.
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Wyoming
France
W. K. Weaver
Orient
Cald
Weaver Sheridan
Karlea W. Durant
Sheridan
He Wan
Durant
Resular Army
Wyo ‘Ing National Guard
Wyomington
Warnine
Olaf Larsen
Rawling
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 approves draft of aliens into U S Army
Senate committee reports favorably a Fletcher resolution authorizing the president to draft aliens whose governments have treaties with the United States. Aliens may enlist in their own country's services. The panel also backs reimbursements for Tuscania loss equipment. Farmers' furloughs authorized. land grant students may enlist in reserve corps.
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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
In Douglas Arizona three men Tom Powers John Powers and Tom Sisson killed Sheriff R F McBride Under Sheriff D R Kempton and Deputy Sheriff D K Wooten of Graham County on February 10. They were captured today by Twelfth Cavalry soldiers five miles south of Hachita near the Mexican border. The fugitives surrendered without a fight and are being guarded at Hachita after being taken into custody while attempting to cross into Mexico.
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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 recalls twelve men missing after patrol duty, later found near trenches with eyes gouged and bodies mutilated.
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New York
France
New York World
the World
Albert Hicks
Sanitary Corps
Eleven Killed in London Air Raid
London police reports say eleven persons were killed and forty six injured in an air raid by seven or eight German planes. One plane dropped bombs in northwest and southwest London, destroying several houses and raising fears of more bodies in the ruins.
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London
March
Teddy
Mutiny Drama Involving Polish Brigade Reveals Heavy Casualties
In Amsterdam a dispatch reports a Polish Brigade of 8000 men mutinied on February 15. An infantry regiment was ordered to march against them as battle followed with artillery and machine guns. Heavy casualties were reported on both sides.
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Amsterdam
Wyoming Coal Prices Cut by U S Fuel Administration
The U S Fuel Administration announced an average 40 cent per ton reduction in retail prices for all anthracite coal for domestic use from April 1 to September 1 to prevent hoarding and ensure winter supplies. Wyoming prices show run of mine 2 05 prepared 3 80 slack 1 50, with prior rates noted and wage adjustments pending.
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Washington
The
Fuel Administration
Colorado
Utah
Wyaoming
Montana
Iowa
Wyoming
Montana Coal
Deputies Back Government Tie to Holo Pagha Adar
The chamber of deputies approved the government’s handling of the Holo Pagha affair. The vote was 400 in favor and 75 against, demonstrating broad support for the administration’s actions.
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Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Mexican Bandits Killings Report From Texas Rangers
Corpus Chest Texas dispatch reports that five of the thirty Mexican bandits who raided the Hast ranch near Pleptonville were killed by posses led by Texas rangers and eighteen others were located and to be brought before daylight. No posse members were harmed.
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Corpus Chest
Texas
Tom Hast Ranch
Pleptonville
Texas Rangers
Heptonville
German menace in Siberia prompts Japanese aid call
London dispatch reports Lord Robert Cecil urging Japanese intervention to confront a German threat in Siberia. He cites organized German prisoners and a German general taking charge, while Bolshevik elements in Trans Caucasia hinder Allied aid to Armenians. Petrograd awaits news as Moscow congress considers peace terms.
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London
Robert Cecil
Siberia
Lord Robert
Tym
Trans-Caucasia
Persia
Tiflis
Russia
Spain Signs Trade Pact with America
Washington March 8 details of a commercial agreement between the United States and Spain were released by the war trades board. The pact allows free exports to allies of pyrites minerals and manufactured wool, enables France credit in Spain, and ensures Spain will supply General Mershing with needed materials for his troops. The agreement takes effect immediately.
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Washington
United States
Spain
Madrid
State Department
Former Colorado official Meads heads new national party
David Coates, former Colorado lieutenant governor and active gocallat party figure, named chairman of a national party at its Chicago kickoff. The event marks the party's formal launch with Coates as leader.
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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 leaders Charles Duncan and Willan Moen arrived in Cheyenne from Denver to discuss the wartime labor situation with American workers. They part of a Great Britain delegation invited by Samuel Gompers to explain Britain’s postwar aims and influence in industry. The group plans ongoing stops in Ogden, Prestie, St. Louis, and other points as they travel east seeking to share perspectives.
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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
Gompers
Europe
Appleton
Conevut Federation of ‘Trade’ of
O Butterworth
Lubin Buall
Mr. Duncan
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 a sharp drop in the U S corn crop quality with about two-fifths spoiled and only roughly three-fifths of last year’s valueable corn remaining. Wheat stocks also fell by about 100 million bushels, while March 1 farm stocks totaled 2 172000 with a 10 622000 bushel decrease from the prior year.
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Associated Press
Washington
March
Department of Agriculture
U S Casualty Lists Held Up By New Order
Washington March reports that casualty lists for expeditionary forces will be withheld with next of kin details at the war department order. The public information committee will no longer publish names and addresses. lists without addresses remain available to the adjutant general.
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Puolic Information Committee
war_department
War Department
Adijuwtant General’s Office
Crowell
Jershing Hoth Crowell
Maroh
Atalf
Pershing
Marek
Ships Held Up By Unions Threaten Puget Sound Shipbuilding
Wooden ships near completion in Puget Sound face delays as unions refuse cooperation. Shipping Board officials cite labor resistance as halting progress while President Hutcheson argues his carpenters seek fair work terms and timely pay for wartime tasking.
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Washington
March
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Wistyliet
Loridge
Ware
Shipping Board
William
Hutcheson
Carpenters
Kay
Trofoed
Coulkern
Sunnil
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