Navy ordered to full war strength of eighty seven thousand
Washington March 25 1917 President Wilson signed an executive order increasing the navy enlistment to 87 000 with rapid commissioning of new ships and reserves. The army will be reorganized into six military departments to speed mobilization and eleven National Guard units are recalled for federal service. Major generals Wood Bell and others named to lead the new departments while May 1 marks the effective reorganization date.
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Weather outlook and temperatures across states
The forecast notes increasing cloudiness across Ohio Indiana Kentucky Tennessee and West Virginia with rain later and colder air by Tuesday. Current readings list city highs and overnight lows including Denver Heston Phoenix New York Seattle Jacksonville Portland Cincinnati and others with varying precip totals and a March 2 record heat comparison.
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Open Field Battle Replaces Trench Warfare In France
March 25 report describes German retreat reshaping combat from stagnant trench stalemate to mobile open fighting. Army columns traverse ruined roads as British and French forces advance, with hospitals, HQs, and supply points rapidly established in towns once devastated. Indian troops and patrols also appear in moving fronts.
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Sinking of French Danton Confirmed by German Submarine
Berlin reports an Admiralty statement that a German submarine recovered letters from the Mediterranean on March 22 indicating the French battleship Danton was sunk after a March 19 submarine attack. The French Admiralty had announced the loss of Danton on March 2.
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Prize of 3500 dollars awarded to Cardinal Mercier
The Academy of Moral and Political Sciences in Paris awarded Cardinal Mercier the prize for acts of devotion, praising his patriotism, respect for right, zeal for justice, firmness against oppression, and care for the poor. The award honors him and the Belgian nation.
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Secret Royalty Bride Weds English Businessman in New York
It is reported that the Hon Helen Cecil Douglas Scott Montagu, a British peeress, secretly married Arthur Clark Kennedy, a member of an old English family, last December. The couple now reside in New York.
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America
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Moewe adds new captures to Atlantic raid list
Berlin reports an Admiralty release detailing additional vessels seized by the German auxiliary cruiser Moewe on its Atlantic cruise. The list includes Mount Temple, Duchess of Cornwall, King George, Cambrian Wange, Georgic, Yarrowdale, St Theodore, Dramatist, Nantes, Asnieres, Hudson Maru, Radnorshire, Minieh, Netherby Hall, Joan, Staut, Toss, Brecknockshire, French Prince, Katherine, Rhodante, Esmaraldas, Otaki, Demeterton, Governor, and more. Some ships reached German ports or crew destinations. many were sunk. The Moewe carried 593 prisoners.
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Guardsman Convicted of Insulting President Begins Five Year Sentence
LeavenworthKan March 25 Paul Scharfenberg a Minnesota National Guardsman recently convicted by a Texas court martial of using insulting language about the President was brought to Fort Leavenworth to start a five year term.
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Balloon Race to Start in Little Rock in 1917
Little Rock will host the Aero Club of America balloon race with the date to be set by the Little Rock Board of Commerce after a telegram from William F. Assman of St. Louis who leads event arrangements. The launch point is Little Rock and the final date remains to be determined.
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Lansings Leave Gotham on Private Washington Trip
Secretary of State Lansing and Mrs Lansing visited New York on private business and to dine with Colonel E M House before returning to Washington. The trip, begun Saturday, concluded late today, with no official statements beyond the private purpose cited by Lansing.
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Young Multimillionaire to Serve as Midshipman Vanderbilt
William H. Vanderbilt, 15, son of Mrs. French Van derbilt, enlisted in the Naval Reserves as a midshipman at Newport. He will be the youngest in the reserves, fulfilling wartime ambitions after being kept from Annapolis by age.
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Move to End War Seen in German Drive on Petrograd
Special dispatches from Petrograd warn that Germany concentrates forces on the Riga Dvina front with a likely aim to break to Petrograd. Russian internal strife and propaganda move to topple the Romanoffs while ministers warn of spies and German munition buildup. Diplomats visit the provisional government as Grand Duke Alexander and Grand Duchess Xenia offer support.
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Eastern Front and Balkan Fronts See Artillery and Raids
The army headquarters reports on actions across the Eastern Front, Macedonian Front, and Turkish theater. In Russia near Sammany on the Dina, 21 Russians were captured. artillery activity rose near Smorgan Lutsk Brody and Brzesany. Macedonian raids north of Monastir eliminated a French rifle nest. Turkish forces report no British infantry attacks north of Baghdad. Russian cavalry incursions near Banch were repulsed with losses and prisoners taken.
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French Pressing Deep Into German Lines At St Quentin
Paris and Berlin report diverging fronts as French forces push into the Castres Essigny le Grand sector south of the Oise and near Vregny while German rear guards pull back after losses. Allied air actions claim seventeen planes lost. French and German statements detail advances and counterattacks on the Western Front with multiple local gains and retreats.
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Germans Establish Arctic Barred Zone Near Northern Russia
Berlin announces a new barred zone in the Northern Arctic Ocean east of 24 E and south of 75 N with Norwegian waters exempted. Neutral ships already en route or bound for ports in the zone may sail but face risk, unless warned, until April 5. The move expands Germanys unrestricted submarine warfare area, per Christiania dispatches March 23.
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Battle near Scanlon over teen's killing sparks lynching fears
Reports say a posse led by Sheriff Ballard clashed with African Americans protecting Jerry Route, a 17 year old suspect in Simeon Bennett's death. Several wounded, two Route relatives jailed, and fears of lynching if capture occurs. Scanlon, Louisiana, tense as aid is sent.
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Jerry Route
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Princeton President pledges priority to military training
Dr. John Grier Hibben, president of Princeton University, told a students mass meeting that war would force military training to take precedence over academics. Starting this week military work will be given greater prominence and regular academic work will be lightened accordingly.
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