Brilliant British Baghdad coup seals advance on Tigris
London reports Premier chancellor Andrew Bonar Law lauded British and Indian forces for a flawless advance to Baghdad. Maude crossed the Tigris, pursued Turks across Diala and into Bagdad, captured prisoners and munitions, and completed a 110 mile pursuit in fifteen days amid heat and dust.
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London
Bagdad
House of Commons
Andrew Bonar Law
Tigris
Maude
Mesopotamia
Kut el-Amara
Diala
Law
Tisris
China votes Teuton break severing relations with Germany
A Peking dispatch reports the National Assembly backed the government's diplomatic stance in secret session, approving a break with Germany over unrestricted submarine warfare. Premier Tuan Chi-Jui resigns as President Li Yuan-Heng rejects ministers' plan.
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London
Peking
Neuter’s
House of Representatives
Germany
Li Yuan-Heng
Tuan Chi-Jui
Submarine Sinkings Reported Totals Over 114000 Tons
The Overseas News agency reports that the March 11 official statement cites 42,000 tons sunk that day. Combined with March 7 and other reports, total German submarine losses exceed 114,000 tons.
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Berlin
Overseas News Agency
German News Bureau
Senator Thomas to Join Foreign Relations Committee
Senator Thomas is slated to become the new member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, with the decision highlighting his seniority and influence on diplomacy policy. The appointment signals a shift in committee leadership dynamics ahead of upcoming treaty debates and international negotiations.
Stone Keeps Job on Leading Committee
Washington March 13 Senator William J Stone chairman of the foreign relations committee again faces the helm despite criticism that another man should lead. His reappointment follows senatorial courtesy and precedent. Thomas succeeds O Gorman on the committee while Falk and Knox fill two Republican vacancies. Fall favors strong measures against the divers war and Knox, former secretary of state, backs TY rights on the sea.
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Washington
Mar
William J. Stone
Stone
Thomas
O’gorman
Falk
Knox
Allies Build Big Credit from Gold Shipments
J P Morgan and Co received from Canada a total of 49.5 million dollars in British French and Russian gold on two consignments of eight million each and 25 million at the Philadelphia mint plus 8.5 million at the assay office in New York. If the five to one ratio applied the allies, sending since January 1 a total of 213.5 million in gold would be entitled to borrow over a billion dollars here based on cash payments. They have already placed a loan of 250 million this year.
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New York
J. P. Morgan & Co
Canada
Philadelphia
Briand Cabinet Near Collapse Amid Parliamentary Attacks
In Paris and Amsterdam reports say Premier Briand faces sustained opposition as committees block his war measures. Deputies press for a comprehensive policy declaration while observers doubt a conclusive debate or cabinet changes this session. A possible retirement looms if opposition fails to unite on a successor.
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Paris
Petitjean
Briand
Petit Journal
Amsterdam
M. Briand
City police chief and aides dismissed in Bloomington
Bloomington March 12 A sensational move rocked city administration as the metropolitan police board voted unanimously to discharge Superintendent J B Hensley Night Superintendent Scott Davis and Patrolman Herman Flynn Hensley charged Mayor John G Harris with failure to aid renomination claim he paid Harris 400 for the job with 250 in cash and that Harris owed him money for cash bonds and that his lawyers advised against further payment
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Bloomington
Ind
Metropolitan Police Board
J. B. Hensley
Scott Davis
Herman Flynn
Hensley
John G. Harris
Harris
Glass workers strike at Schram plant in Hillsboro
Three hundred Schram Glass workers at Hillsboro, including 200 youths newly unionized, walk out demanding eight hour days and a ten percent raise. One hundred machine men join in sympathy, leaving the big plant idle in Pan a Illinois.
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Pana, Ill
Schram Glass Works
Hillsboro
Picturesque Quaker Dies in Denali Parish Activist Amos Kenworthy
Richmond Ind March 12 Members of the Quaker church learn that Amos Kenworthy eighty nine a noted evangelist of the Society of Friends died at his brother's home in Denali Cal He was famed coast to coast for his piety and ability to arouse religious enthusiasm
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Richmond
Ind
Amos Kenworthy
Denali
Cal
Society of Friends
Kaiser Wants U. S. to Spare His Ships
Germany renews demand to amend the 1798 treaty to shield German residents from arrest during war and grant German ships right to safe conduct to home ports. Dr. Paul Ritter delivered the proposal. Secretary Lansing unavailable. State officials may study the measure, but senate ratification is doubtful.
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Washingon
Mar
Germany
United States
Gerard
Berlin
Paul Ritter
State Department
Foreign Office
Lansing
Senate
Man Known as Karl Arrested After Hoboken Bomb Case
John Humbert accused as Karl, linked to bombs in Fritz Kolb’s Hoboken hotel room, was arrested at Broad and Wall Streets by Hoboken and New York detectives.
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New York
John Humbert
Karl
Fritz Kolb
Hoboken
Broad and
Wall Streets
Alexandria police power seized after mass chief arrest
Anderson Indiana reports Constable Davis Harris took control of Alexandria police after Chief Stephen F E Donahue and three patrolmen David Benedict Frank Thompson and Charles Seely were arrested for failure to perform duties and the chief for visiting a disorderly house. The grand jury acted on prosecutor Oswald Ryan's案. Governor Goodrich advised transfer of authority.
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Anderson
Ind
Mar
Alexandria
Davis Harris
Stephen FE. Donahue
David Benedict
Frank Thompson
Charles Seely
Oswald Ryan
Goodrich
Will wed Badger Frank R. Compton engaged to Miss Wilson
Frank R. Compton of Badger plans marriage to Miss Margaret Wilson, with the betrothal announced in local society notes. The couple expects a ceremony later this year at a that remains to be set location.
Will Wed Margaret Wilson
Grand Rapids Wisconsin March 13 Members of Frank R Comp ton Chicago publisher and Grand Rapids native announce his engagement to Margaret Wilson eldest daughter of President Wilson The couple has been seen together at the White House and in Chicago following earlier denials of the match.
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Grand Rapids, Wis
Frank R. Compton
Chicago
Grand Rapids
Margaret Wilson
President Wilson
Compton
Washington
Miss Wilson
Debris Toll Mounts as Newcastle Tornado Strikes
Newcastle Indiana faces 19 dead and 4 in nearby Hagerstown after a Sunday-tornado blasted 3 square miles. City officials plead for Indiana National Guard aid to guard against looting while more than 100 injured, with at least four expected to die. Names listed include Gray Davis and family members among Newcastle victims, plus two small children among Hagerstown casualties.
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Newcastle
Ind
Indiana National Guard
James P. Goodrich
J. L. Watkins
Hagerstown
John Neilis
Everett Dunlap
Gray Davis
John Davis
Orville Davis
Archie Fletcher
Asa Williamson
Vera Williamson Higgins
Earl B. Razor
Frank L. Newton
Bernice Day
Jane Day
Ethel Day
Ernest Waterman
Asa Waterman
William 8. Lowery
Price Skelton
Ray Day
Ernest McLean
Jessie McLean
Ernest Gray Jr
John Gray
Swanson
Ludwick
Arenzville men die in Virginia auto crash news shock
Arenzville Illinois on March 18 Henry Dahman former Arenzville postmaster and William Carls wealthy farmer uncles of Mrs Amos Wellen reiter died in a Virginia auto accident Sunday. Both men are described as over sixty and died of shock upon receiving word of the tragedy.
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Arenzville
Ill
Henry Dahman
William Carls
Amos Wellenreiter
Virginia
Gerard Returns to Washington After Havana Stopover
Key West report says James W. Gerard former U S ambassador to Germany arrived from Havana and has left for Washington. He traveled with his party and is noted as completing a short Caribbean transit before resuming duties in the capital.
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Key West, Fla
James W. Gerard
U. S
Germany
Havana
Washington
Armed Guard to Sail on All U S Vessels in German Zone
The State Department notified embassies that American ships passing through the German submarine zone will carry armed guards for protection. The Rochambeau was cleared to sail with fore and aft guns, and the International Mercantile Marine reported a resumption of sailings for American Line vessels, with gun-ready ships including the New York Philadelphia St. Paul and St. Louis.
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Washington
State Department
United States
Germany
Holland
Senate Department
Navy Department
Rochambeau
New York
International Mercantile Marine
American Line
Philadelphia
St. Paul
St. Louis
Finland
Kroonland
Amateur wireless to be dismantled if war comes
Washington reports say all amateur wireless stations in the United States would be dismantled by presidential order if war erupts. Officials cite fear of secret German stations and bomb plots, with intensified federal searches across the U S, Mexico, and Central America to prevent enemy aid or disruption.
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Washington
Mar
United States
Mexico
Central America
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