Undersea Battles Rage as War Expands Across Seas
Reports from multiple fronts describe German subs circling Ireland and torpedoing ships off Galway while British and German forces clash around Neuve Chapelle Przasnysz and Przemysl. The German raider likely has a 3000 mile range, and Przemysl’s relief efforts are noted amid siege.
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London
Marth
Neuve Chapélle
St. Eloi
Praasnycz
Przemyal
Neuve Chapelle
Przasnysz
Marshall von Hinderburg
Warsaw
Petrograd
Reuter
Przemysl
Ga- Veias
Przemys
Dyal Monarchy
Workmen Seek Free Quarters for Panama Canal Staff
A civilian employees committee led by C. C. Simmons arrived in New York and plans to confer with President Wilson in Washington. They protest Governor Goethals order charging canal workers rent, arguing it reduces wages and breaches prior agreements. They estimate current rent at 200,000 dollars yearly, equating to about ten percent pay cuts for many workers.
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New York
Panama Canal
C. C. Simmons
Washington
Wilson
Goethals
Cana
Simmons
Casper man pleads guilty in fraud case
Don ald L. Wood pleaded guilty before Judge C. EB Winter in the district court yesterday after passing a fraudulent $460 check at a local tailor. He was sentenced to a year to eighteen months in the state penitentiary at Wins.
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Casper
Wyo
Donald L. Wood
Santa Fe
N. M
Juge C. EB
Wins
Deranged minister shoots parishioner in Miami church
The Rev William A Tuck popular rector of Rt Agnes Fro Kettans EpIacopal church fired at Harrie Elas, a church member, wounding him fatally. Tuck, under suspicion of a police case, appeared deranged as friends doubt the charge and fear public disgrace. He then shot at Delaney with a revolver, killing Elas and injuring a bystander.
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Miami
Pia
Thia Ure Teeton
William Alfred Tuck
Rt. Agnes Fro- Kettans Epiacopal
Tomwererfly
Harrie Elas
Himael
Walagond
Tuck
Tucker
Misa Delaney
Oaly
Mic Belaney
New five acre lease law expands western national forest use
A March announcement from the district forester explains a new federal act allowing leases up to thirty years for five acre plots in national forests to build summer homes hotels stores and other recreational facilities. The law clarifies it is not a homestead title and lands revert if not renewed.
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Denver
Rocky Mountain
Altho
West
Colorado
Wyoming
South Dakota
Secretary of Agriculture
National
Fire damages large downtown block in Champaign
Fire of unknown origin, likely from an elevator shaft in the Lewis department store, leveled the IMnels building and destroyed almost a full city block plus damaged the Citizens' State bank corner. Damage runs to several hundred thousand dollars as crews from Decatur Danville and Bloomington rushed to fight the blaze.
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Champaign. Ill
Lewis Department
Imnels
Citizens’ State Bank
Citizens’ Bank
Decatur
Danville
Bloomington
Ton
Flying Squadron Campaigning Against Booze Coming Here
Cheyenne to host Flying Squadron of America April 2 4 in city meetings to push nationwide prohibition. Campaign officials led by William Bradford say 185 leaders and national figures will rally temperance support with music and broadside rhetoric. Former Indiana Governor J Frank Hanly directs the campaign from ocean to ocean and across states.
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Cheyenne
Flying Squadron of America
Ocean
John Barleycorn
Ife
W. B. Rosa
Capitol Avenue Theatre
William Isradford
Flying Squadrome
Mying
Singera
J. Frank Hanty
Indiana
Atlantic
Pacific
Michigan
Morida
Champaign County
Abraham Lincolon
Conscience Fund Recognized By Court In Denver
March 17 County Judge Rothgerber recognizes the United States conscience fund with a $7,500 bequest from Rufus Clark estate totaling about $100,000. United Brethren congregation receives most of the estate minus the conscience fund portion. The executor plans to contest the government’s claim to the money willed for national debt payback.
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Denver
Rothgerber
United States
Rufus
Potato
Tedrow
Clark
Caesar
Rior
Wwe
Foreign Embassies Haded by Guards at Washington
Secretary Bryan announced at the state department that police guards are posted at the embassies of the warring European powers in Washington. Authorities fear potential outrages by unruly crowds, though no questions were raised about the guards' presence.
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Washington
Bryan
Todany
Wis
State Department
Tiwan
PIONEERER IS DEAD IN GILLETTE COMMUNITY
Lola Smith longtime Gillette resident and owner of local property died Sunday at her home in Illette. She served one term as postmaster of Gillette and was a notable local figure. The death ends a long standing presence in the area with ties to civic service.
Vice President Marshall's 10 Night Pass Through on Union Pacific
Vice President Marshall travels with Secretary Lane and Assistant Secretary Roosevelt aboard a special sleeper on the Union Pacific train en route to Cheyenne and avoiding the San Francisco exposition due to tense international events. The Chicago departure included Charles Miller and other officials with their wives aboard the Chicago Overland.
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Wilton
San Francisco
Thoras M. Marshall
Colpg
Union PacifTc de Lise
Cheyenne
Marshall
Party
Party Incldes Secretary of the Interior Franklin K. Lane
Navy
Carl Roosevelt
Charles Miller
Federal Board of Reserve
Chicago
Outlaw Plates May Be Found in Navajo Mountain
In Bluefish Utah on March 17 Brig. Gen. Hugh J. Scott seeks peace terms with outlaw plates after sending Navaho scouts to locate the renegades led by Hateh Old Polkatul Posey near the Navajo mountain wilderness. Indian Agent Jenkins returns from Navaho Springs and reports the band may have withdrawn toward the mountains. The pursuit continues as three Navaho runners aim to force a surrender and meeting with the general.
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Bluef
Utah
Cattlemen Meet in Meeteetse on Foot and Mouth Quarantine
The Cattlemen's Wolf County association held its annual meeting in Meeteetse Wyoming. Discussion focused on foot and mouth disease and a letter to Governor Kendrick urging strict quarantine to prevent cattle shipments spreading the ailment.
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Meeteetse
Wyo
Cattlemen'a
Wolf County Association
Meeteetee
Kendrick
England to Take Control of Every Class Industry
London witnesses a high level meeting as George Lloyd George charts war economy control across engineering building coal mining transportation and other sectors. Labor leaders and factory owners agree to cooperate with the government and press for efficient labor use and production.
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England
London
Marel
George
Imperial Defenar
Wave
Bovermenia
GreyauIi Wre Oil Well and Storage Capacity
Grey Tall Be assured of being one of the visitors of the Sid. Contl mental aa fw Pag drilling of the last well tusk the forty seventh producer the Die Hor eoustre, and rode cut one of the best developed Melty lap the scenery.
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Ronade
Mote Saved by Sheridan Rescue at Creek
An early report from the Lee On Me Gow Creek describes a near drowning incident involving a old man and Mrs J M Oaewell. A passerby helped pull them to safety as bystanders shouted for help and coordinated the rescue.
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Sheridan
J. M. Oaewell
Ewanes
Lee
Hie Gother
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Ambassador Page
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David McKay
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