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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1917
Page
1
President Wilson claims evidence of German plotting through Von Bernstorff and Secretary Zimmerman. He says Mexico and Japan were urged to strike at the United States, revealing a concerted effort by Berlin to provoke conflict.
In Washington on March 1 officials say evidence shows Mexico relayed Germany’s proposal for an attack on the United States to Japan, where reception differed from Berlin’s hopes. It is believed Germany’s Pacific withdrawal plan was timed to lure Japan into supporting German aims in the Pacific.
Washington reports Germany planned unrestricted submarine warfare and sought an alliance with Mexico and Japan to attack the United States. Zimmermann instructions urged Mexico to reconquer lost territories and involve Japan, with Germany promising financial aid and peace terms through Von Eckhardt in Mexico City.
Dr Frank Crane lauds Jeannette Rankin of Missoula Montana as she joins the House of Representatives among 44 men. He calls her arrival a milestone in democracy signaling half the population gaining self government and focus on education public health and welfare.
Washington March 1 congressional action on President Wilson’s armed neutrality plan stalls. The House Foreign Affairs Committee adopts a tempered bill arming merchant ships while barring extended insurance for war materiel carrying ships. Senate measures stall with no plan to force action. President remains confident Congress will approve, while Austria and Spain shift diplomatic duties as tensions rise.
Dr. John Wanamaker, police surgeon, testified to Captain Tate that Harry K Thaw is a physical and mental wreck after examination by New York alienists at a Philadelphia hospital. He said Thaw cannot be removed from the institution at this time.
Valparaiso Indiana on March 1 reports a sole Republican primary for the city election with A. W. Lytle a Civil War veteran and former postmaster as mayoral candidate. Six Republicans vie for four ward alderman seats and two at large seats. Democratic committee meetings yielded no candidates.
Governor James P. Goodrich signed the partial suffrage bill allowing Indiana women to vote for presidential electors and constitutional delegates and for most state and local offices except governor lieutenant governor secretary treasurer and auditor of state.
Three Des Moines men were commissioned in the federal reserve. H. H. Pick became major of cavalry, C. A. Watrous was named lieutenant in the quartermaster corps, and Hal B. Ray was promoted to captain in the quartermaster corps. Five other Des Moines residents including Mayor John MacVicar also took reserve examinations.
Roy Lockwood died after a Saturday night shooting in Terre Haute Indiana with a mysterious woman seen near his body begging forgiveness and not leaving her. No one has identified the shooter and the woman has not been seen since.
Morris Jagow, claiming kinship to the former German foreign office head, has filed for naturalization in Lake Charles Louisiana. He states he served years in the German army and plans to make the United States his future home.
February totals show 190 ships sunk for 471,910 tons with three Dutch vessels reclassified as sunk after Holland report. Germany offers to replace seven Dutch merchantmen torpedoed off the English coast if Holland buys them after the war.
New York reports say passenger traffic on British vessels leaving England for America and France has been suspended. James F. Bean of Philadelphia and Robert Wilson of New York, European representatives of major American interests, said the British admiralty plans to use all ships solely for supplies or troop movement. They noted this nationalization has operated across the British channel and may affect transatlantic travel for an undetermined period.
Chicago, Mar 1. Judge Kersten presided as James I Paisley and Oliver F Paisley, brothers, received maximum penalties of three years in prison and a $1400 fine each for soliciting deposits while their banks were insolvent. Their father William H Paisley got one year and the jurors urged clemency. They owned Summerdale North Shore and Grace Street banks that closed Sept 19, 1916.
Embargo on rice shipments through the port of Galveston to New York and farther destinations was announced by the Mallory Steamship line. A similar embargo by the Morgan line is already in force.
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