Press Self Censorship Urged as Ships Armament Kept Secret
Secretary Daniels urged national newspapers and all news agencies to adopt self censorship on arming and sailing of American merchant ships. He said no print or radio details on ships arming, sailing dates, or arrivals, stressing the need to protect lives and uphold wartime policy. He appealed to patriotism and said readers would praise compliant papers.
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Daniels
Washington
Mar
United States
Navy
White House
America
Europe
Navy Department
Bullet Found In Appendix Of Local Express Agent
Evansville Indiana March 10 surgeons operated on George Droll an express company agent and removed his appendix discovering a lead bullet embedded in the organ. Dr L Heimann believes the pellet entered the stomach after Droll ate rabbit bits shot to death.
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Evansville
Ind
George Droll
Express
L. Heimann
Droll
Wisconsin Publisher Samuel Simmons Dies in Chicago
Samuel O. Simmons aged 47 publisher of the Kenosha Evening News died at Presbyterian hospital in Chicago after a prolonged illness. He was a well known figure in Wisconsin journalism.
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Wisconsin
Kenosha
Wis
Samuel
Simmons
Kenosha Evening News
Presbyterian Hospital
Chicago
Russians Repulse German Attack in Front Report
Petrograd reports repulse of a small German attack on the northern Russian front. In the Roumanian front, German forces captured hill positions according to official communications.
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Petrograd
Stefansson Safe in North Along Polar Bear at Prince of Wales
A dog team expedition from Fort McPherson reports Arctic explorer Vilhjalmur Stefansson is wintering with the gasoline schooner Polar Bear at Prince of Wales Strait. Captain Lenauzee made the 200 mile solo trip from Herschel Island to Fort McPherson to relay the news.
Cuban Revolution Deal Slams Rebel Lead? Santiago Retaken
Washington reports say Cuban government forces regained control of Santiago with Governor Munoz in command for Menocal. Consul Griffith notes US marines were landed to protect Americans and property as rebels fled, signaling the collapse of Gomez and his staff.
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Washington
Mar
Navy Department
Santiago
Menocal
Munoz
Griffith
State Department
Gomez
Exodus of Germans to Mexico grows at Chicago consul
Chicago dispatches report a record week at the Mexican consulate, with 110 German and other passports issued in one week. Officials note the surge follows Germany United States diplomatic break, and about half of applicants are Germans.
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Chicago
United States
Mexico
Edmundo R E. Martinez
Carranza
Germany
Brumbaugh Delays Extradition Hearing for Thaw Case
Governor Brumbaugh announced no hearing on the extradition of Harry Thaw to New York until the lunacy proceeding pending is concluded. The decision pauses the case as legal actions unfold in Philadelphia on March 10.
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Philadelphia
Mar
Brumbaugh
New York
Indictments Tie Blackmail to Headless Boy Case
Danville Illinois March 10 United States grand jury indicted Lex Broit his alleged wife Garnett Droit and Charles Burke for using the mail to defraud. The case is linked to the death of three year old Alphone Magarian whose headless body was found on a city dump in East St Louis last September. The boy’s father a wealthy Armenian baker received a demand letter for 2000 dollars. The Droit pair ran a saloon adjacent to the bakery and were reportedly familiar with Magarian’s savings.
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Danville
Ill
Lex Broit
Garnett Droit
Charles Burke
United States Grand Jury
Alphone Magarian
A. I D. Magarian
East St. Louis
North Sixteenth Street
Droit
Magarian Bakery
Lex Droit
Burke
Magarian
California
San Diego
Piper
Frank S. Hart
Fritzen
United States
Cuba
New York
Alfred A. Fritzen
Hartwood
Cal
Welland Canal
Franz von Papen
Wolf von Irel
Hans Tauscher
The
Krupps
Constantine Covani
Giovanni Gonzales
Citizens sign telegram opposing senators on Wilson policy
In Oshkosh Wisconsin on March 10 citizens publicly pledge support for President Wilson in the German crisis and condemn twelve United States senators who blocked armed neutrality. The telegram asserts the senate minority does not reflect honest German Americans.
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Oshkosh
Wis
Wilson
Germany
United States
Senate
German Plot and Wireless Rings in Early World War I News
Reports detail the arrest of Captain Alfred Tritzen in California on suspicion of plotting to destroy the Welland canal, linked to a larger German conspiracy. Additional items note clandestine wireless stations in Brazil, and a secret wireless system found aboard the liner Appam in Norfolk, with authorities tracing broader wartime espionage.
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Tion
Welland Canal
Brazil
Appam
Los Angeles
Cal
Alfred Tritzen
Hartwood
BE. M. Blanford
Department of Justice
Washington
Fritzen
Rio de Janeiro
Mar
Rio
Norfolk
United States
Saunders
Germany
Lottery king ends life in cemetery shooting
Royal Hammer, a known lottery figure, killed himself in Brown Hill cemetery near his family graves. The 58 year old man's death follows a Brown Hill raid led by Claude Worley, during a probe into Hammer's lottery activities and confiscation of tickets.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Royal Hammer
Brown Hill
Grand Jury
Hammer
Claude Worley
Criminal Court
Fritz Kolb Prisoner In Plot to Destroy Munition Works
Fritz Kolb has been captured as a key participant in a plot to destroy a munition works. Authorities say the case involves sabotage plans tied to a broader security threat. Investigators filed charges and recovered evidence linking Kolb to the alleged conspiracy.
Extra Session Call Sees House Muddle
Washington reports the president calls for an extraordinary session of the Sixty-fifth Congress amid a fractured House. The new chamber shows 215 Republicans, 214 Democrats, three Progressives, one Socialist, one Prohibitionist, with five independents holding pivotal power as Democrats seek unity to organize.
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Washington
Mar
United States
House
Senate
Tumulty
British Send General to New York
Ottawa dispatch reports Lieutenant General Sir Sam Hughes former Canadian minister of militia has left for New York to confer with officers of the United States army.
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New York
Ottawa
Ont
Sam Hughes
United States Army
Americans Freed From Yarrowdale Captivity
Berlin dispatch says Americans and other neutrals aboard the captured British steamer Yarrowdale left Germany on Wednesday.
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London
Berlin
Germany
Chicago Market Report Live Stock and Cash Grains
Hogs receipts 18 000 with light shipping at 14 75 14 90 and heavy packing 14 60 14 80. 2 good to fancy pies 12 15 13 60. Cattle receipts 2 000 with good to prime prices 11 25 11 75 for steers and 12 50 13 00 for dealers. Cash grain values list corn 1 09 1 10 percent and wheat 1 87 for No 4 red. East Buffalo market shows cattle 10 cars steady, hogs 15 25 15 40, lambs 15 00 15 30, yearlings 13 00 14 00.
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Chicago
East Buffalo
Dunning and Stevens
Livestock Commission
N. Y
Wilson Orders Armed Ships to Put Guns on Vessels
President Wilson asserts constitutional authority to arm American merchant ships and calls Congress into special session for April 16. The move, backed by Cabinet and many senators, aims to ready armed ships soon while authorities urge secrecy on details of shipings and operations.
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Congress
Washington
Mar
Wilson
Gregory
Lansing
White House
Navy Department
Mr. Wilson
Navy Yards
Atlantic
House
Senate
Marshal Serves War Edict In Illinois Court Martial Case
Springfield Ill Mar 10 For the first time since a federal law took effect last June a United States marshal has executed a president issued court martial order James Sacra and Charles Dwyer of Quincy privates in company F Fifth Illinois infantry are serving sentences in Adams county jail for failure to report for federal inspection Twelve other members of the Quincy company were fined small sums.
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Springfield
Ill
Ilinois
United States
James Sacra
Charles Dwyer
Quincy
Fifth Minois Infantry
Adams County
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Stone
American Press Association
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Arctic Explorer
Prince of Wales Strait
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Connec
Hoboken
Gaflors
von Papen
Niagara Falls
Fritz Kolb
U.S
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Zimmermann
Illinois
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