Americans Repel Strong German Trench Raid Deaths Reported
Reports from France describe a brutal raid on American trenches in heavy snow. German forces suffered many casualties, with several prisoners taken and one West Point graduate killed. American troops repelled the attack amid gas, shelling, and fierce hand to hand fighting.
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Tne Point
Saies
Berlin
U.S
France
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Mi Hospital
Eighteen British Ships Sunk Reported by Admiralty
London dispatch reports in the last week the British admiralty says eighteen ships were sunk by mine or submarine. Fourteen were over 1,000 tons and four were under that tonnage. Seven fishing vessels also were sunk.
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London
Admiralty
U. S. Sees Trick by Von Hertling
Washington officials view Chancellor von Hertling’s Reichstag speech as a calculated move to bolster the militarist faction and sow discord with Ireland, India, and Egypt. They deem his four peace principles impractical, warning there is no round table path before Entente terms are accepted.
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von Hertling
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Wilson
Congress
Count von Hertling
Hertling
Ireland
India
Egypt
Bryan Basks Amid Snowball Salvo in Canada Address
Toronto March 1 William Jennings Bryan former U S secretary of state faced a hostile audience as about sixty returned soldiers disrupted his temperance talk for over half an hour with catcalls hisses bells and snowballs amid a large crowd. Despite the uproar Bryan remained calm and spoke to the end while security kept most protesters from the hall.
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Toronto
Whilliam Jennings Bryan
United States
Dominion Adance
Bryan
Sven
ATL
Hull
Begin
U S Troops to Be Shot in Front Line Duty Case
American soldiers from the expeditionary forces have been sentenced to die by firing squad for being found asleep while on duty in the front line trenches. Tried by a general court martial, the sentence has been approved by General Orders. The papers will be reviewed by President Wilson before execution.
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Washington
March
Wilaou
Germans Advance Into Little Russia Across Front
Berlin reports Austro Hungarian troops push into Little Russia north of the Prath while German columns reach the Dnieper and take Ryvеhitsa. Pripet estuary flotilla captured at Mosyr. 50,000 rifles and 2,000 machine guns seized. Ambassador Francis aided by Bolsheviki to exit Petrograd amid advancing German forces toward the capital.
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Ambassador Francle
Bolsheviki
Berlin
Ukralhin
Ituséla
Prath
Dnieper
Tyer Tihele
Thussiny
Ryvehitsa
Ster
Andlave
Finland
Copenhagen
Daltic
Ward
Germany
Minsk
Berny
Bes+shniia
Vienna
Kishinet
Francis
Washington
Petrograd
State Department
David RK. Pranels
Names of U. S. gas victims
Washington reports General Pershing announced that one American soldier was killed in action on February 26 and three died from gas. Also listed are gas victims Private Elazer E. Reyelt and several others from various states who died or were wounded on February 26 or 27, with multiple injuries among trench battery troops.
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Washington
Pershing
Elazer E. Reyelt
Harlan
Joseph A. Schumacher
Bristol
Sid Coteman
Gord
Ark
George B. Galoway
Frlrmont
N.C
Tiebert ML. Beatty
Hammond
Veank P. Mahoney
Mineie
Ind
Alvin M. Masterson
Rochester
Schuyler C. Mowrer
Monticello
Marvin RR. Dunn
Anderson
John Brown
Wagoner
Muinele
Wso
Bernard J. Beckwith
Morocco
Thirty U S Sailors Die As Naval Tug Founders
In a fierce gale off Penwick Island light ship near the Delaware capes, the Cherokee foundered with thirty officers and enlisted men believed lost. Ten survivors reached safety on the first wire raft. four others were picked up by steamships and the rest were landed in Philadelphia by a British steamer. The incident prompted Navy Department dispatches confirming the vessel’s loss and crew casualties.
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Washington
Penwick Ishind
Delaware Capes
Navy Department
U.S
Atlantic
Philadelphia
Next U S Liberty Loan Campaign Starts April 6
Secretary McAdoo named April 6 for the opening of the third Liberty Loan campaign marking the first anniversary of U S entry into the war. He urged nationwide demonstrations of patriotism and pledged Congress for needed authority while stressing a three to four week drive to inspire Americans to pledge their full resources and sacrifices in support of the war effort.
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Japan to Fight in Siberia in Aid to Allies
Washington reports Japan plans to seize Vindistok policing to safeguard war supplies reaching Germany. The move aims to rescue millions in aid, with U S and Entente backing, while the extent along the Trans Siberian depends on supplies available. Japan seeks no broader motive in Asia, and the United States offers unofficial blessing without active participation.
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Windivostok
United States
England
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Asia
Vindivostok
America
Viipan Tas Mide
Sinking of Glenart Castle Hospital Ship Claims 164 Dead
London reports 164 missing after the British hospital ship Glenart Castle sank in the Bristol Channel at 4 am Tuesday while outward bound. There were no patients aboard. Survivors were landed by an American torpedo boat destroyer. Eight lifeboats remain adrift.
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London
Bristol Channel
Bristol
Readman Curtis Seaman Ensign Killed In France
Yale reports Curtis Seaman Read class of 1918 naval aviator is killed in action in France. Also noted: windstorm in southeastern Kansas downs telegraph poles blocking rail traffic. explorer Vilhjalmur Stefansson ill in wintering watersheds. Atlanta mayor candidate Asa G. Candler found guilty of corruption. airplane mail to start April 1. Cardinal notes on World War I leaders and other brief items.
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Curtis Seaman Read
France
Sies
Kansas
Dawson
Y.T
Viljhulmur Stefanson
Wersehelighnnad
Jie
En Iussue
New York
Washington
Post Olive Department
Wight
War Department
Robert Carter
Philadelphia Press
Hiladelphia
Carter
Stowehip Sberia
Germa
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Thomas J. Mooney
San Brancisco
State Supreme Court
San Francisco
Raul Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
American Alliance For
Eugene Harnett
Punistawent
Count Czernin
Klogg Werdinand
Roumania
William
Anl
Berlin
House Passes Rail Measure Amid Party Split
Washington reports the House advanced the administration railroad bill by 387 to 6, fixing two years postwar for government hold and keeping rate making with the president. An Iowa amendment retaining rate power passed earlier, but Chairman Sims reversed it to grant presidential authority by 211 to 16. A Wisconsin Esch amendment to freeze return to private owners was defeated amid GOP support.
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House
Administration Railroad
Supreme
Iowa
Interstate Ecommerce Commission
Sims
Representative Esch
Wisconsin
Republians
Market Prices Report Flour Butter Eggs and Poultry
A dense listing of commodity prices from flour to dressed poultry and cattle. Includes flour grades and bag costs, butter and eggs pricing, live and dressed poultry rates, potatoes, cattle, and other farm commodities with varied price points across grades and weights.
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Onsen
Sear Reese
Butcher Bulla Sr.tamioen
Mothers to Be Benefit From Lydia Pinkham's Compound
Mitchell Indiana resident Pearl Monyhan credits Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with easing neuralgia during pregnancy and enabling full home duties. She reports her baby weighed 19 pounds at seven months and notes she felt healthier overall. The correspondence highlights ongoing reader letters praising the remedy for maternity health.
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Ind
Lydia B. Pinkham
Lydia BE
Pvalp
Mia
Pearl Monyhan
Lydia E. Pinkham
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