New Haven Train Collision Fatalities Reported in Fog
A rear end crash near Bradford Rhode Island in dense fog involved the New Haven accommodation train and the Gilt Edge Express from Boston. Miss Jeanette Clark died from burns, Mrs. Oscar Martell died later, and over thirty were injured with uncertain recoveries. Officials denied rumors of dozens killed. Rescue and medical teams were dispatched from New London and Providence.
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Westerly
Bradford
Here
New York
Boston
Jeanette Clark
William Clark
American Thread Company
Oscar Martell
Southbridge
Mass
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
New London
Whaley
New Haven Railroad
R. 1
Providence
Carranza forces blamed in Parral clash with U S troops
General Funston reports from Chihuahua on the Parral engagement in which Carranza soldiers and civilians attacked 150 American troops outside the town. Two American soldiers were killed and 40 to 50 Mexicans died from American gunfire as a detachment attempting to buy supplies faced heavy sniper fire.
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San Antonio
Funston
Chihuahua
Parral
Carranza
Army size approved by Senate vote 43 to 37
The Senate approved a regular U S army of 250 000 men with reserves and militia totaling about 1 000 000. The Brandegee amendment allows the President to increase the force to 250 000 at once or later and passed 43 to 37.
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Senate
Washington
Brandegee
Paris Moves To Turn Back Clocks For Summer
The Chamber of Deputies unanimously voted to revert clocks one hour during summer months, aligning with Germany to save light and fuel. Also notes include a life sentence for Ernst Schiller in New York harbor seizure and a Papen indictment in New York, plus German discontent over Admiral von Tirpitz’s dismissal and Detroit Ford plant expansion worth seven million dollars.
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Paris
Chamber of Deputies
France
Germany
Wilmington
Del
Ernest Schiller
Clarence R. Hudson
Sandy Hook
Atlanta
Federal
New York
Franz von Papen
Welland Canal
Ontario
Canada
Berlin
von Virpitz
Trpitz
Detroit
Funston Orders 2300 to Move Into Mexico
El Paso dispatch reports 2300 troops along the Mexican border ordered to reinforce Gen. Pershing as the pursuit of Pancho Villa continues. Officials say Pershing can no longer push further without more troops and militia support. A small party of U.S. officers was fired upon near Parral, raising concerns of continued armed resistance. An American mining leader with ties to authorities in Washington indirectly confirms Villa's death.
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el Paso
Texas
Mexico
Pershing
Pancho Villa
Funston
Douglas
Ariz
Columbus
Gen. Pershing
Sixth Cavalry
Brownsville
Seventeenth Infantry
Eagle Pass
Twenty-fourth Infantry
Ninth Cavalry
Fort Apache
Parral
Villa
Guerrero
Washington
Villa Reported Dead Body Said in Carranza Troops
Telegraph messages from Juarez state that Villa is dead and his body is in possession of Carranza troops. Reports circulated for a week but American officials remained cautious while Mexican authorities expressed confidence. Messages trace the body’s movement toward Chihuahua via a special train.
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Carranza
el Paso
Tex
Villa
Juarez
George Bell
Gavira
Andres Garcia
Garcia
Madera
Cusihuiriachic
Chihuahua
San Antonio
Col
Carlos Carranza
Embargoes Hit American Raw Material Exports
Acting Secretary of Commerce Sweet told House committee chairman Adamson that embargoes by Norway Sweden Great Britain and others on raw materials especially paper stock are causing loss and trouble for U S manufacturers.
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Washington
Sweet
Adamson
House Committee On Interstate and Foreign Commerce
Norway
Sweden
Great Britain
Senate Adopts Resolution Directing Sisal Sales Oversight
The Senate passed Senator Rans dell's resolution directing the FTC to supervise the distribution of available sisal in Yucatan. The commission is prepared to begin work and the plan pleases W. B. Spencer, counsel for the Yucatan Commission, as beneficial to grange rates.
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Senate
Trade Board
Washington
Ransdell
Federal Trade Commission
W. B. Spencer
Yucatan Commission
Russians Capture Trebizond Port Amid Verdun Battles
London reports Trebizond, a key Black Sea port, fallen to Russian forces after coordinated land and naval assault. Meantime at Verdun German attacks push along the Meuse to Douaumont with heavy casualties. French losses rise to over 40,600 since fighting began.
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London
Trebizord
Black Sea
Asia Minor
Petrogradian Office
Russian War Office
Meuse
Chauffeur Wood
Douaumont
German War Office
Verdun
Pans
Antwerp
Maubeuge
Warsaw
Trebizond
Constantinople
Surmenek
Arsene Kelessi
Belgium
France
St. Eloi
Ypres Comines Canal
Petrograd
Balburt
Erzerum
Aggressives on all fronts in major World War I updates
London reports German guns bombarding Verdun sector Le Mort Homme and French east of the Meuse as big infantry moves continue. French artillery damages German works near St Hubert while dispersing convoys near Pont a Mousson. Turks beaten in Mesopotamia. Italians seize Lebbia Alta crest from Austria. Russian and Galician fronts show mixed results with counterattacks repelled.
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London
le Mort Homme
Verdun
Meuse
Argonne
St. Hubert
Pont-a- Mousson
Belgium
Dixmace
Sventen
Ilzen
Galicia
Boutchache
Stripa
Rome
Lebbia Alta
Mesopotamia
Tigris
Kut-el-Amarc
British Raid Pushes into German Trenches at Verdun
Paris reports a ninth week Verdun opening with a French infantry assault south of Douaumont capturing trench sections near Fort Douaumont to Vaux ravine amid heavy bombardment. Berlin notes high French losses. British claim raids south of Bethune La Bassee road and a German trench near Vermelles.
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Paris
Verdun
Douaumont
Fort Douaumont
Vaux Ravine
Berlin
Bethune-La Bassee Road
Vermelles
Constantinople
Adrianopté
Peace rumors move exchange rates in Rotterdam and Amsterdam
Reports from Rotterdam and Amsterdam say peace rumors sway currency rates as markets react to claims that Austria may soon make a peace move. Traders weigh the internal Austrian position and the potential for a peace settlement.
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Austria
Rotterdam
London
Amsterdam
British Order Coal Seizure Warns Neutrals
The British Foreign Office warned neutral shipowners that coal cargoes or bunkers of German origin on neutral ships could be seized under the March 11 Order of Council. Neutrals should obtain certificates from British consular officers confirming coal did not originate in Germany.
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London
British Foreign Office
Council
Foreign Office
Neutralso
Austrian Air Bombardment Hits Treviso and Other Italian Towns
Austrian hydroplanes dropped thirty bombs on Treviso and other towns in Venetia with ten killed and twenty injured. One aircraft was shot down. The British Admiralty says a steamship was torpedoed, costing forty nine lives. Russians fail to pierce Hindenburg front near Dwinsk. Germans launch major attack on French lines from Meuse to Douaumont and are repulsed. Holland discusses peace rumors and protests English detention of Dutch mail.
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Treviso
Venice
Venetia
von Hindenburg
Dwinsk
Meuse
Douaumont
Holland
German War Office
Barthold
England
Free Bridges in Five Years Across Delaware Likely
Special Trenton report notes $100,000 state appropriations in New Jersey and Pennsylvania for a toll bridge purchase program. The plan aims to free 16 bridges, starting with Trenton and Phillipsburg Easton crossings, via amicable buys or condemnation if prices rise. New prison head named Richard P. Hughes, 40, of Florence, with salary $3,500, to take over at state prison. Senator Gaunt withdraws from Governor race leaving Edge with a clear field in South Jersey.
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Trenton
Delaware
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
John A. Campbell
New Jersey and
Pennsylvania Free Bridge Commission
Campbell
Phillipsburgh
Easton
Commission
Fielder
Richard P. Hughes
Florence
Thomas B. Madden
Hughes
Madden
Mr. Hughes
Democratic State Committee
Burlington Country
Senator Gaunt
Gloucester County
Senate
Edge
South Jersey
New Jersey Briefs Highlighted Fires Crimes and Politics
A Burlington County forest blaze burns from Gouldtown to Centre Grove as crews save homes. Ethel Thomas dies after smoke incident in Manasquan. Joseph Shedosky confesses to setting 35 fires in Passaic since January. Other items note federation talks, a potential U S Senate candidate, and local civic and business developments.
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Ethel Thomas
Manasquan
Jac Rman
Burlington County
Joseph Shevosky
Passaic
Shedosky
Turner
Mercer County
Nelson Y. Dungan
Somerset County
New Jersey
United States
United States Court
Trenton
A. C. Cox
Lonardo
Cox
State Experiment Station
Monroeville
McFarland
Salem County Board of Freeholders
Salem Country Club
Salem County
Aaron & Son
Mizpah
Mays Landing
Presbyterian Church
Hammonton
Wallace Sutton Marple
Plainfield
Union Powder Works
Pariin
Isernard Callahan
Sand
Pompilio
Millville
Glassboro
Finley MacDonald, Jr
Elizabeth
New Jersey Medical Society
Anna Vientine
Court of Pardons
Jitney—Owners’ Association of
Walter E. Edge
Atlantic County
Paulsboro
Hope Creek
Maurice River Cove
Patrick Quinlan
New York
Paterson
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Dead Man's Hill
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