Return Visit of Rochambeau Urged by War Factions
Washington observers report a coalition in the President’s circle and among leading senators backing dispatch of a small American brigade to France after Congress reconvenes. The aim is to bolster morale with allied forces and pressure toward war readiness as President Wilson weighs his April 2 message. The open minded president conferred with advisers and lawmakers on possible war resolutions and preparedness steps.
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Rochambeau
Sti
Washington
Mar
Senate
France
Congress
William G. McAdoo
Treasury
Wilson
Tritchcock
Nebraska
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Executive Department
Flood
Foreign Affairs Committee
Germany
Coalition Cabinet Is Off
The New York Evening Post reports a Washington dispatch saying at a cabinet meeting President Wilson asked each cabinet member to serve another four years, amid talks of coalition cabinets and personnel changes.
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New York
New York Evening Post
Washington
Evening Post
Wilson
Whitman to Draft Troopers
Governor Whitman told the Merchants association at a Universal Training luncheon he would draft men for the national guard to reach the war department’s required strength if volunteers fall short. He cited the Stivers act as backing for this power.
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Whitman
New York
Merchants’ Association
National Guard
War Department
Taft Predicts War Within Ten Days
Former President Taft forecasts a rapid escalation describing a war within ten days, stating the global conflict momentum and potential impacts on nations and civilians. He cautions on swift diplomacy to avert further casualties.
Taft predicts US will declare war in ten days
In Little Rock Taft told the Arkansas League to Enforce Peace that the United States will likely declare war within ten days. He said Germany is to blame and US aid to the Entente could end the war in about a year.
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Little Rock
Ark
United States
Germany
William T. Taft
Arkansas
League
Taft
Special Guard for President Tuesday
Precautionary measures surrounding President Wilson as he delivers his war message to Congress include a morning Capitol closure to all but lawmakers and those with special admission cards. Guards will man all entrances and newspaper representatives guard the press gallery to prevent non journalists from entry.
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Washington
Mar
Wilson
Congress
Capitol
Deportees in Germany Starve in Forced Camps
Havre France March 28. Belgian authorities report letters from Belgians deported to Germany describing dire hunger in camps. Detainees say meals are scarce with only two daily rations, skeleton like bodies, and morgue counts rising. Some inmates are punished for asking for food.
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Havre
France
Germany
Newton Baker Enrolls as Johns Hopkins Alumnus
Washington March 28 Newton J Baker secretary of war enrolled himself as a Johns Hopkins University alumnus and said he is ready to place his personal services at the disposal of the government in any capacity needed.
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Washington, Mar
Newton J. Baker
Johns Hopkins University
KEEP UP GREEK BLOCKADE
London reports limited food supplies for Greece but the blockade remains until Allied demands are met. Lord Robert Cecil said two January deaths were unconfirmed by officials.
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London
England
Greece
Robert Cecil
House of Commons
Robert
Longtime Illinois Senator Hank Evans Dies in Aurora
Former Illinois senator H H Evans dies at his son Arthur's home in Aurora after thirty years in the legislature. Evans served 28 years in the state senate and 4 in the hours before leaving public life, a record said to be unmatched in Illinois.
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Aurora
Ill
H. H. Evans
Arthur
Germans Sink 420000 Tons In March
Lord Beresford told the House of Lords that merchant vessels totaling over 420000 tons have been sunk this March due to central powers war measures, marking a sharp decline in shipping.
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London
Mar
Charles Beresford
House of Lords
French Brilliance Pushes Through German Lines At Coucy le Chateau
French forces scored a brilliant night attack, seizing Coucy le Chateau between La Fere and Soissons and extending a wedge between key positions. British troops also gained Aquancourt and Longavesnes as front lines firmed. In Russia, German forces broke Russian defenses near Minsk, capturing prisoners after gas attacks and securing riverbank positions.
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London
St. Quentin-La Fere-Laon
Coucy-le-Chateau
la Fere
Soissons
Coucyle-Chateau
French War Office
St. Quentin
Teutons
Aquancourt
Bapaume
Longavesnes
Roisel
Berlin
Russia
Petrograd
Baronovitchi
Shara River
Ira Nelson Morris Latest Diplomat to Get German Mediation Hint
Ira Nelson Morris emerges as the newest diplomat sought for mediation hints with Germany. The prompt indicates a diplomatic outreach focusing on mediation lines, reflecting ongoing postwar discussions and potential channels through which Morris may influence German affairs.
Tornado Duty Kept Second Indiana Units On Guard
Major P A Davis orders New Albany relief units to return home but Indianapolis companies remain for further duty. The Second regiment including the machine gun company Company D of the First regiment and the field hospital corps were mobilized after war department orders.
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New Albany
Ind
Mrn
P. A. Davis
Relief Committee
Robert W. Morris
War Department
Second Indiana Regiment
Indianapolis
Davis
Field Hospital Corps
Escaped German Sailor Arrested in Newcastle
A German sailor who escaped from an interned ship in Baltimore Bay two weeks ago was arrested in Newcastle Indiana and held for federal authorities. He gave the name S. H. Brockmann and had arrived March 23 to work at the Maxwell automobile factory. He told a boarding house roommate that he and a companion dived into the bay to escape. the companion drowned. The sailor would not identify the ship.
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Newcastle
Ind
Baltimore Bay
H. Brockmann
Maxwell Automobile Factory
Illinois Doctors Prepare Mt. Veron Medical Reserve Units
Dr. Wilbur H. Gilmore returned from Chicago where he aided organizing the medical reserve corps of Illinois to support the United States army. He serves as secretary of the State Medical Society and is on the preparedness commission. Each county begins organizing with fifty six counties already formed in three days.
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MT. Veron
Ill
Wilbur H. Gilmore
Chicago
Medical Reserve Corps of Illinois
United States Army
Gilmore
State Medical Society
Medical Reserve Force of
Ilinois
Indiana Brib 7 Is Freed
Noblesville Ind March 28 A jury acquitted Elmer L Sturdevant after a five week trial on conspiracy to wreck the Hamilton Trust company of which he was president at its failure He is the fifth defendant tried in banks failures spanning two years and the only acquitted one.
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Noblesville
Ind
Elmer L. Sturdevant
Hamilton Trust Company
Sturdevant
Papers Aim to Restrain Rickey From Nationals Presidency
Legal action is prepared to file an injunction to stop Branch Rickey from becoming president of the St. Louis Nationals. The move follows advice from Ban Johnson, president of the American League, and involves Rickey, the business manager of the St. Louis Americans.
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St. Louis
Branch Rickey
St. Louis Americans
St. Louis Nationals
Rickey
Ban Johnson
American League
Twenty Die In Alabama Storm Ravages Three Counties
A tornado struck Grenshaw Hale and Pike counties Monday night wiping out Petrey and injuring Providence. Twenty people died including J M Middlebrooks and his daughter Ethel Dandy. The storm destroyed houses, depots, churches and crops, with relief teams sent from Lapine and Luverne.
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Petrey
Mobile
Ala
Montgomery
Grenshaw
Hale
Pike Counties
Grenshaw County
Shady Grove
Ansley
Pike County
J. M. Middlebrooks
Thomas Bandy
Ethel Dandy
Rob Peter
Atlantic Coast Line
Providence
Lapine
Luverne
Hitchcock Faces White House On Slow War Preparations
Senator Hitchcock spoke after a long White House conference. He said western sentiment favors a cautious approach and Congress should limit itself to improving armed neutrality and preparing for potential eventualities. He did not reveal President Wilson's views.
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Washington
Mar
Hitchcocck
White House
West
Hitchcock
Congress
Wilson
Grand Dukes surrender vast Russian appanage to state
In Petrograd on March 28 the grand dukes and royal princes formally joined in Grand Duke Michael’s abdication and handed over their wealth and crown lands to the provisional government. The telegram names Nicholas Nicholaievitch and others who pledge support, declaring their appanage now state property.
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Georges Michaelovitch
Dmitre Constantinovitch
Gabriel Constantinovitch
Igor Constantinovitch
Alexander of
Oldenburg
Michael Alexandrovitch
German Troops Enter Holland in Search of Food
Four thousand German soldiers crossed the Dutch frontier into Holland seeking provisions and have been interned at Zurelle, according to frontier reports received in The Hague on March 28.
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the Hague
Mar
Holland
Zurelle
Two British Destroyers Sunk
Two torpedo boat destroyers have been sunk. one struck a mine and the other collided with a steamer, according to an official announcement from London dated March 28.
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London
Mar
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