World War News Across the Nation and Europe
A digest of wartime developments reports German movements near Bapaume and activity in Galicia and Romania. Allied calls to China to join the war, and a German Reichstag speech seen as a push toward war with the United States. British gains near Serre and the Ancre. Other items include arms orders, hydroelectric plant contracts, pneumonia quarantines at El Paso, layoffs at Baldwin Locomotive, a tax vote on oleomargarine, Utah prohibition, and the execution date set for Alexander Schuester for killing Mrs Zamkin.
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Bapaume
Galicia
Romania
China
A. F. Yarrow
Great Britain
Hights
Bukowina
Romanian
Reichstag
United States
Ancre
France
London War Office
Serre
Midwaie Steel & Ordnance Co
Wateree
S. C
Southern Power Co
el Paso
Baldwin Locomotive Works
Philadelphia
Senate
Underwood Committee
Bamberger
Utah
Alexander Schuester
New York
Rose
Zamkin
Wilson takes oath as 28th president in second term
Washington reports Wilson's second term began at 12 05 PM with cabinet and Chief Justice Edward White present. He said he cannot arm merchant ships without Congress and notes the Sixty fourth Congress expired at noon March 4. Advances include renewal of the War Risk Insurance Bureau and a large naval appropriation.
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Woodrow Wilson
Edward Douglas White
United States
Wilson
Congress
House
Senate
Federal
War Risk Insurance Bureau
Senate Military Committee
Military training to replace athletics at Phillips Academy
News brief notes Phillips Andover students vote to accept a faculty proposal for military training as a substitute for compulsory athletics. Also mentions NAEs Kansas City convention proposal for nationwide school age military training and Massachusetts Senate pledging support for President Wilson to protect American lives and honor. Separate items report villa forces, Pershing, and northern Mexico policing, plus a $700 million annual food waste claim by Secretary Houston with no hysteria.
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Chicago
Phillips Andover Academy
National Educational Association
Kansas City
Wilson
Massachusetts Senate
Villa
General Pershing
Mexico
Houston
Department of Agriculture
German American Crisis and Senate Deadlock in War Talk
The President calls for a new congressional session to gain authority while noting the Senate’s rules block action. Reports say 23 ships attacked, 12 destroyed, four Americans killed, six wounded. Navy ready to arm merchant ships. Zimmermann hint to negotiate with US on passenger ships is discussed as Zimmermann notes circulate. Senate debate over the Zimmermann note authenticity advances as Lodge and Swanson raise questions.
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Congress
Senate
Germany
Navy Department
Zimmerman
Reichstag
United States
Washington
Mexico City
Herr von Eckhardt
Aguila
Carrizal
Lodge
Massachusetts
Committee—on Foreign_ Affairs
Swanson
Associated Press
Miss Guthrie Captures Florida Women’s Tennis Title
Miss Martha Guthrie of Pittsburgh won the Florida women's tennis championship by defeating Miss Margaret H. Taylor of New York 6-0 6-3. Also mentions boxing bout ban and other sports notes.
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Martha Guthrie
Pittsburgh
Florida
Margaret H. Taylor
New York
Whitman
State Athletic Commission
Madison Square Garden
Les Darcy
Jack Dillon
James A. Gilmore
Federal League
New York Giants
John J. McGraw
John K
Chicago Americans
Ness
Naval doubts grow as U boats ease and Atlantic campaigns shift
The article notes a sharp drop in U boat activity during March and suggests Germany may be abandoning its ruthlessly ruthless campaign. It cites an 87 percent fall in destruction from March 1 to October 31 and mentions global time changes and diplomatic moves including uniform Panama credit bills and armor piercing shell contracts.
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Germany
Portugal
Azores
Madeira
Cape Verde
Valdes
Panama
Denmark
Great Britain
Hadfield's, Ltd
United States Navy
President's Address Surveys World Crisis and Unity
President Wilson in his second inauguration speech frames domestic reform and a global role. He calls for united action, armed neutrality, and a platform of peace guiding freedom of seas, limited armaments, and equal rights among nations.
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Washington
Wilson
United States
America
Pope May Condemn Submarine Blockade, Vatican Report
Report claims Mgr Bonzano told the Pope American Catholics expect a public condemnation of the Austro German submarine blockade. The Vatican denies the report though it acknowledges Bonzano’s reply and American Catholics’ efforts to avert war.
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Vatican
Rome
Mgr. Bonzano
Washington
Mer
Bonzano
Hogs Reach $14.25 A Hundred At Market Tops
Chicago brokers report choice hogs at 14.25 a hundred, 30 cents above the top, with all grades averaging 15 to 25 cents over the prior day. Scarcity of supply and high corn prices drive continued demand and explain the lack of price decline.
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Chicago
Austria notes avert break on submarine policy amid tensions
Washington reports Austria’s note keeps doors open for negotiation over submarine war while signaling support for Germany, with officials noting potential alliance implications. President aims to present legal and humanitarian grounds, Secretary Lansing to outline U S position, and Austria’s stance seen as formal not inclined to immediate action.
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Washington
Austria
Germany
Lansing
America
Berlin
Great Britain
British Get the Appam Restored in Supreme Court
The Supreme Court unanimously upheld British claimants to the German prize ship Appam and its cargo, ruling the vessel violated American neutrality by bringing a prize crew into Hampton Roads. Justice Day endorsed the federal judge’s finding that the Appam breached neutrality, sustaining jurisdiction of U.S. courts.
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Washington
Appam
Newsport News
Supreme Court
United States
Germany
Waddill
Virginia
Hampton Roads
Hans Berg
Justice Day
World news in condensed form from early 20th century sources
In a compact round up from New York and Washington events include German planned uprisings in Asia tied to a pair of arrests, Senate battles over armed neutrality and Wilson, a Berlin smallpox vaccination drive, a blockading tally of neutral ships by German submarines, and the Cunard liner Carmania arriving from Liverpool with 60 passengers and mails equipped for smoke screens and armed with a British 6 inch gun.
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New York
Germany
Far East
India
China
Japan
Ernest Mathias Sekunna
Chandira Chakraborty
Washington
Wilson
Democratic National Committee
Berlin
Halifax
Senate
Liverpool
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