British Lines Pushed Back in Big German Offensive
On March 21 German forces launched a heavy attack along a wide front in the Cambrai sector with gas shells and high velocity bombardment. The assault aimed to wedge around the Cambrai salient as infantry pressed British trenches and a smoke barrier covered movements north of Gouzeaucourt. Officials warned the outcome was uncertain but suggested defensive lines could be pushed back in places.
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Cambrai
Earneat
Gouzeaucourt
Cambral
Germany
Associated Press
Verdun
Perthers
Marshal Haig
Veclock
Andrew Bonar-Law
House of Commons
Allied Briton French Largely Hold In Major Verdun Offensive
Allied forces faced a massive German assault across a fifty mile front near Verdun and Rheims as heavy bombardment unleashed a storm of artillery. British lines near Ornes and Quim bore the main pressure while German penetrations were reported in several positions.
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Ornes
Verdun
Quim
Wrhelms
Verduti Amd Rheims
New War on Huns Urged by Russians
Moscow reports Germany has escalated demands on Rumana and seeks surrender of all war materiel. Odessa seizure and German advances threaten Moscow as the Transcaucasian assembly in Tiflis calls for immediate war against Germany amid debates over German aims in Russia.
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Moscow
Germany
Runana
Rumania
Odessa
Hlack
Russia
Ukraine
Ukraime
Tchensk
South Dakota Ratifies Federal Prohibition Amendment
The South Dakota Legislature last night ratified the federal prohibition constitutional amendment. South Dakota becomes the tenth state to accept the amendment.
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South Dabsts
Pipare
South Dakota
City Council Approves Tour of the Liberty Bell
Philadelphia officials unanimously adopt a resolution to remove the Liberty Bell from Independence Hall for a nationwide tour to support the next Liberty Loan. The measure goes to the finance committee after noting there is no appropriation for transport costs.
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Philadelphia
Common Council
Finance Committee
Select Council
British Forces Attack Helgoland and Ostend
Ostend was bombarded by British monitors and Helgoland attacked by seaplanes. Two enemy destroyers and two torpedo boats were sunk by a British and French force. One British destroyer was damaged with slight Allied casualties and no French losses. The engagement occurred off Dunkirk this morning.
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London
Ostend
Helgoland
Admiralty
Dunkirk
Doer
Orelock
Huns Threaten War Over Dutch Policy
AP dispatches from The Hague report Germany would deem the Dutch government’s shipping loan terms as a breach and may declare war. Berlin semi officially states Holland faces a submarine blockade if Dutch ships are seized by allies and the United States. Washington notes one million tons of Dutch shipping under allied flags to bolster the merchant fleet in the war against Germany.
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Hague
Germany
Holland
Zurich
America
Berlin
Netherlands
Washington
Wilson Signs Rail Control Bill in Epochal Action
Associated Press reports President Wilson signed the rail control bill enabling government operation of railroads for up to twenty one months after the war. The action follows earlier authority given in 1916 to seize transportation in a national emergency to speed troop movements and war supplies.
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Wilson
Washington
Plaa
America
Orly
Medal Is Awarded Man Known Here
Lieut. Col. Mathew A Timley receives the French government medal of honor for bravery at the front. He is widely known in Cheyenne where he has visited often and is brother in law to Perry Williams of Granite Canyon. A Spanish war veteran, he is remembered by Wyoming men who served in that war.
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Mathew A. Timley
Cheyenne
Perry Williama
Granite Canyon
Wyoming
German American Unions Disband After Senate Probe
Rev. G. Van Froese, president, told a senate subcommittee hearing on revoking the union's charter that the organization has surrendered and resigned to its likely dissolution. The probe's findings prompted the move toward disbandment.
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Senate
G. van Froese
Allied Losses in Ships Total 5 Million Tons
British admiralty figures released by the British embassy show world shipping losses totaling 11,827,572 gross tons since the war began, with 2,599,000 tons of enemy ships added to output and a call to speed up production to replace losses while urging united effort.
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Wasilington
Secrici
British Admiralty
Admiralty
Germany
Woman Turns Home Into War Hospital Near Hanbury
Lady Algernon Gordon Lennox has transformed her country house near Hanbury, Oxfordshire, into a hospital for wounded British officers. Lady Gordon Lennox assists in nursing and hospital duties.
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Algernon Gordon Lennox
Hanbury
Oxon
England
Gordon Leanes
Tortured Babe to Death Gets 30-Year Term
VRBANA U March 21 Walter Koling was found guilty of the murder of 14 months old Wilfred Chesley and sentenced to thirty years in Chester penitentiary. Mrs Goldie Chesley, mother of the child, testified and Robbins now goes on trial for the same murder. Evidence showed Robbins tortured the baby over months by pepper in the eyes, burning with a hot pipe and beating to death.
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Vrbana
Walter Koling
Wilfred Chesley
Chester
Goldie Chesley
Robbins
Explosion Kills Four Yankee Sailors in Collision
The navy department announced that one American officer and three sailors were killed aboard an American destroyer after a collision with a British warship on March 11. Several sailors were injured in the incident.
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Washington
Navy Department
No Soft Peace Spoiled by Kaiser Message from Berlin
Emperor Wilhelm telegraphs the Schlwewig Holstein provisional council declaring the prize of victory must not be a soft peace and must align with German interests, signaling a hard line in the ongoing conflict from Amsterdam on March 21.
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Amsterdam
William
Schlweewig-Holstein Provisional Council
Pastor Traitor Sent to Prison in Sedition Case
BUNLINGTON VT March 21 The Rev Clarence H Waldron was sentenced to fifteen years in federal prison in Atlanta after his conviction Tuesday night on a sedition charge.
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Bunlington
Clarence H. Waldron
Atlanta
Damaged Water Valve Blamed For Large Fire Loss
Investigation points to a tapped valve in the water pipeline supplying the fire base at the Colorado and Southern shops. Officials say low water pressure was caused by the valve being partly closed or tampered with. The incident may have left up to 1700000 in industrial losses, with hundreds out of work until repairs restore service.
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Colorado & Southern
von Terdaug
Leet
Germans Use Tanks in New Drive on Foe
German forces with tanks and heavy artillery pressed a fresh offensive along a fifty mile front between the Scarpe and Vendeuil. British counter measures lagged while Haig reported intense bombardments and infantry assaults. Some British positions fell as heavy German losses were claimed. details remained uncertain at British headquarters.
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London
Scarpe
Vendeul
Reuter
Field Marshal Haig
Senate Votes $2.50 Price for Wheat
Senate votes to raise wheat price to 2.50 dollars a bushel after a Bayar amendment. The measure passed 48 to 2 in the Senate with doubts over eventual House approval.
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Senate
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