Archbishop Cosmo Gordon Lang Heads to United States
The Archbishop of York and primate of England, Cosmo Gordon Lang, travels from the House of Lords to the American people at the invitation of the Episcopal Church’s House of Bishops. He will preach in New York at Trinity and St John the Divine Cathedral before visiting major cities.
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Yankee Captain Dies Amid Fierce Hand to Hand Fight Front Line
Berlin dispatch reports ten Americans captured near Chavignon with French prisoners. In the Toul salient American troops repulsed a German assault under a snowstorm, suffering heavy casualties including a West Point graduate captain. Barrage fire and gas shells shaped a brutal defense as Germans froze under American rifle and machine gun fire.
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Americans Repulse Raid In Hanover Sector
In three weeks of combat the Seventy eighth reserve division of Hanover led a raid opposite the trenches as Americans assumed control. Prisoners carried Russian coins and the fight produced many American deaths and many wounded including officers. The defenders showed marked courage and energy throughout the engagement.
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Kiev Fortress Said to Have Fallen to Germans
Telegraph bulletin reports the fortress of Kiev on the Dneiper River captured by German forces. The piece also discusses Minotto and U S neutrality law, noting insufficient proof for deportation but suggesting possible internment as an alien enemy if the attorney general declines jurisdiction.
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Minute Count Minotte Detained as Enemy Alien in U S Case
Washington March 2. Count Mi notte son in law of Louis Swift detain ed as an enemy alien by the labor department for action by the department of justice. Evidence ties him and his father to German officials in Brazil and Argentina and links to Luxburg Caillaux and von Bernstorff. He was arrested by naval intelligence while seeking secret service work. He is out on bail. charges not proved.
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Liberty Loan Opens April 6 Marks War Year Drive
Secretary McAdoo announced April 6 as the opening date for the third Liberty loan campaign in the United States. He said the amount and terms depend on future legislation and urged nationwide demonstrations of patriotism to support the war effort. The drive is expected to last three to four weeks with communities preparing for the event.
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Belgian Socialists Condemned by German Court Martial
Antwerp court martial sentences Belgian socialist Senators Colleaux and Legras to death for espionage. Dutch socialist Pieter Troelstra appeals to German leaders to avert executions. Belgian foreign minister Baroy de Broqueville reiterates Belgium’s firm peace terms and insistence on allied guarantees.
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Russians Return to Petrograd as Civilians Flee
The Russian council of people's commissars orders return to Petrograd while population exodus continues and valuables are shipped out. The American consul quits Petrograd as the consulate is taken over by the Norwegian consul amid worsening conditions. British and French embassies also depart. A Russian appeal urges resistance and food supplies to Petrograd and Moscow.
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Three Negroes Lynched Near Delhi Louisiana
Reports from Delhi state that three negroes Jim Lewis Jim Jones and Will Powell were lynched by a white mob in Richland Parish. Two were hanged and the third killed while attempting to escape after a white farmer and a negro were killed in the area.
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Omaha Court Martials Conclude In Early 1917 Trials
In Omaha Nebraska March 2 court martial trials for Capt Henry L Casey quartermasters reserve corps and Second Lt O C Alexander attached to the quartermasters department not Fort Omaha ended with findings sent to Washington. They were charged with taking gratuities while buying government horses and mules. The findings await approval in Washington. Also in Washington March 1 four American expeditionary soldiers sentenced to be shot for sleeping on duty in front line trenches. General Pershing approved the findings and sentence. papers forward to Washington for review by President Wilson before execution.
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Housing bill prompts seizure of vacant homes near shipyards
The Shipping Board said it will seize vacant houses and hotels in cities near shipyards where ships are built, using all empty homes for worker housing once the housing bill becomes law. The move precedes the start of construction for shipyard worker housing as Congress recently passed the bill.
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Mooney Must Hang as Clemency Fails
Thomas J Mooney faces execution for murder linked to the 1916 bomb in San Francisco. The state supreme court denied his bid for a new trial, though executive clemency by Governor Stephens could still spare him. A Wilson commission previously urged a new trial and President Wilson contacted the governor about the case.
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Mexicans Fire Into El Paso Bridge Shoot
Mexicans fired across the Rio Grande into El Paso during the rush hour at the international bridge. United States border patrol soldiers are deployed along the river bank under adobe shacks and preparing to return fire.
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Embargo Placed on Western Corn Markets
Telegraph from Herbert Hoover requests a three week embargo on all corn in Western markets including Chicago St Louis Kansas City Omaha Minneapolis Duluth Milwaukee. The plan calls for shipping 600000 to 700000 bushels daily from these cities to Eastern ports for the allies.
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U S Soldiers Wound Mexicans In Border Clash
A Mexican federal sergeant and a private soldier were wounded when a United States cavalry patrol exchanged fire with Mexican forces east of Ysieta across the Rio Grande. The Mexicans fired first at a patrol of eight cavalrymen who returned fire.
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