Press Asked to Censor Self in War News
Secretary Daniels urges newspapers to self censor on arming sailing dates and ship movements. He asks avoid printing details of guns, crews, or exact sailings and to stop radio and wire news about ships sailing to Europe. He appeals to patriotism to protect lives and the rights of Americans to the freedom of the seas.
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Daniels
Washington
Mar
United States
White House
America
Europe
Navy Department
Senator Illindson Predicts Stone Keeps Committee Post
Senator Illindson asserts that Stone will retain his chairmanship of the committee, signaling continued leadership and influence within the chamber.
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Illindson
Stone
Bullet Found in Appendix After Surgery in Evansville
Evansville on March 10 surgeons removed George Droll's appendix and found a lead bullet embedded in the organ. Dr L Heimann said the pellet likely entered the stomach with rab bits that had been shot to death.
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Evansville
Ind
George Droll
Express
L. Heimann
Droll
Wisconsin Publisher Samuel Simmons Dies at 47
Samuel 8 Simmons publisher of the Kenosha Evening News and a renowned Wisconsin newspaper man died after a prolonged illness at Presbyterian hospital in Chicago. He was forty seven years old.
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Wisconsin
Kenosha
Wis
Samuel
Simmons
Kenosha Evening News
Presbyterian Hospital
Chicago
Russians Repulse German Attack on Front
Official reports say a small German assault on the northern Russian front was repulsed. German forces captured hill positions on the Roumanian front during the same period, signaling shifting fronts in the war.
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Petrograd
Roumanian
Arctic Explorer Stefansson Safe Near Prince of Wales Strait
A police expedition from Fort McPherson brings news that Vilhjalmur Stefansson, famed arctic explorer, is wintering with the gasoline schooner Polar Bear at Prince of Wales Strait. Captain Lenauzee delivered the 200 mile report from Herschel Island to Fort McPherson by dog team.
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Arctic Explorer
Prince of Wales Strait
Cuban Revolution Dealt Death Blow In Santiago
Washington reports say Cuban government forces regained control of Santiago with Governor Munoz in command. Consul Griffith notes American marines landed to protect citizens and property as rebels fled, marking the collapse of the Gomez-led uprising.
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Washington
Mar
Navy Department
Santiago
Menocal
Munoz
Griffith
State Department
Gomez
Exodus of Germans to Mexico grows in Chicago
Chicago reports an unprecedented German exodus to Mexico with 110 passports issued in a week at the Mexican consul’s office in the Transportation Building. About half of the passport applicants were Germans, a figure rising after Germany and the United States severed diplomatic relations.
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Chicago
Mar
United States
Mexico
Edmundo E F. Martinez
Carranza
Germany
Hearing Delay In Thaw Extradition Case Announced
Philadelphia March 10 Governor Brumbaugh said there will be no hearing on Harry Thaw extradition to New York until the lunacy proceeding pending is concluded.
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Philadelphia
Brumbaugh
Harry By Thaw
New York
Arrests May Clear Headless Boy Case in Danville
Danville Illinois March 10 indictments by a United States grand jury accuse Lex Proit Garnett Prost and Charles Burke of using the mail to defraud in a blackmail plot linked to the headless body of three year old Alphone Magarian found in East St. Louis last September. The government says the Droits sent a $2000 demand letter. the boy was murdered before it reached the father. The head was later found on a second dump nearby. The trio lived near the Magarian bakery and ran a saloon residence. The murder weapon and full motive remain under investigation.
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Danville
Ill
Lex Proit
Garnett Prost
Charles Burke
United States Grand Jury
Alphone Magarian
A. D. Magarian
East St. Louis
North Sixteenth Street
Droit
Magarian
Lex Droit
Garnett Droit
Burke
Opponents of Senators Rally in Oshkosh over German-American support
In Oshkosh Wisconsin on March 10 citizens sign a telegram praising President Wilson for armed neutrality and denouncing twelve United States senators who blocked his efforts. The telegram says the senate minority does not meet the endorsement of honest German Americans.
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Oshkosh
Wis
Wilson
Germany
United States
Senate
Teuton Nabbed in Blast Plot
Captain Alfred Fritzen, a suspected German naval officer, was arrested at Hartwood California on orders from Washington in a case linked to a plot to destroy the Welland canal. He claimed to know nothing. federal agents tracked him for six months and said he had three years in the United States. Indictments previously named Franz von Papen and others in the plot. The Brazil wireless stations and the Appam’s hidden wireless device were also reported in related dispatches.
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Welland Canal
Brazil
Appam
Los Angeles
Cal
Alfred Fritzen
Hartwood
E. M. Blanford
Department of Justice
Washington
Fritzen
California
San Diego
Piper
Frank S. Hart
United States
Cuba
New York
Alfred A. Fritzen
Franz von Papen
Wolf von Secel
Hans Tauscher
The
Krupps
Constantine Covani
Giovanni Gonzales
Hoboken
von Papen
Niagara Falls
Lottery king Royal Hammer ends life at Brown Hill Cemetery
Indianapolis report states Royal Hammer a prominent lottery figure shot himself near his mother, brother, and wife's graves in Brown Hill cemetery. Found beside the family tombstone, he was about 58. A grand jury probe into Hammer’s lottery activities followed a raid by Claude Worley, a criminal court special investigator who seized many lottery 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 is held as a suspect in a conspiracy to sabotage a major munition works facility. The arrest follows a police pursuit and forensic leads linking Kolb to the planned attack and potential collaborators. Local authorities heightened security around the plant and issued warnings to nearby residents.
EXTRA SESSION CALL SEES HOUSE MUDDLE
Washington reports the president calls for an extraordinary session of the Sixty-fifth Congress amid a fractured House where 215 Republicans, 214 Democrats, three Progressives, one Socialist and one Prohibitionist split power. Democrats vow to organize with independents and some Republicans to meet the national emergency.
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Washington
Mar
United States
House
Senate
General Sir Sam Hughes Leaves for New York Trip
Lieutenant General Sir Sam Hughes former Canadian minister of militia has departed for New York intended to meet with United States Army officers during a cross border visit.
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New York
Ottawa
Ont
Sam Hughes
United States Army
Americans Freed from Yarrowdale Captivity
Berlin dispatch reports that the Americans and other neutrals aboard the captured British steamer Yarrowdale left Germany on Wednesday, after being held aboard the vessel.
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London
Berlin
Germany
Chicago Markets Report Hogs Cattle Grain Prices
The Chicago live stock market shows hog receipts at 18 000 with light shipping at 14 75 to 14 90 and heavy packing 14 60 to 14 80. Cattle receipts 2 000 with steers 11 25 to 11 75 and cows 8 35 to 8 90. Cash grain lists wheat at 1 87 and corn around 1 09 to 1 10. East Buffalo quotes rail at 15 45 for heavy hogs and lambs at 15 00 to 15 30, yearlings to 18 00 and veals at 15 50.
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Chicago
East Buffalo
Dunning and Stevens
Livestock Commission
N. Y
Wilson Decides to Arm American Merchant Ships
President Wilson declares he has constitutional authority to arm merchant ships and calls a special session of Congress for April 16. He has cabinet and Senate support, with armed ships to sail soon and details withheld from newspapers.
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Congress
Washington
Mar
Wilson
Gregory
Lansing
White House
Navy Department
Mr. Wilson
Navy
Atlantic
House
Senate
War Risk Bureau
Marshal Serves War Edict In Illinois
In Springfield Illinois on March 10 a U S marshal executed a president issued court martial order. James Sacra and Charles Dwyer privates in company F Fifth Minors infantry begin serving sentences in Adams county jail for failure to report for federal inspection. Twelve other Quincy company members were fined.
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Springfield
Ill
Illinois
United States
James Sacra
Charles Dwyer
Quincy
Fifth Minors Infantry
Adams County
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Zimmermann
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