Allied Raids Intensify Across Lorraine and Woevre Fronts
American forces raid the Toul sector Piercing the second German line near Beichecourt Tuesday and suffering some casualties. American gunners intensify artillery fire behind enemy lines while raids east of Lunéville reach German positions near the Franco German border. Portuguese forces near Laventie repel German raids with heavy casualties and prisoners taken. British and French air forces claim several enemy planes shot down as front bombardment remains fierce near Rheims.
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Lorraine
Toul
Beichecourt
Pershing
Luneville
Armentiers
la Vasse
Laventie
Ypres
Champaigne
Rheims
Zeppelins Again Sent Over England in Raid
London reports that three Zeppelins participated in a night raid on England. One dropped four bombs on Hull, others drifted over countryside before returning to sea. A woman died of shock. German Zeppelin losses have forced less frequent use, with planes replacing many raids. Previous Zeppelin raid occurred October 19, 1917.
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London
England
Hull
Overman Moves to Force Senate Vote Friday
Washington March 12 The senate judiciary committee again failed to meet on the Overman bill to empower the president to consolidate executive departments. Chairman Overman announced he would try to force a vote Friday. Senator Chamberlain, sponsor of war cabinet and munitions director bills, was said to favor granting the president broader power than the bill proposes.
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Washinon
Senate
Judiciary Committee
Overman
Chamberlain
Senate rules claim conferees overstepped authority
Washington reports that Vice President Marshall ruled in the senate that the conferees who approved the administration railroad bill exceeded their authority by inserting a provision limiting state tax rights during federal control. A new senate rule barred further such insertions by conferees.
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Washington
Marshall
Senate
Administration
House Confrees
Nineteen Entente Planes Brought Down on Front
Berlin reports nine teen entente airplanes were brought down by the Germans on the Franco Belgian front yesterday as announced by army headquarters.
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Berlin
London
Army
More Drafted Men Leave for Camp Jackson
Hiram M. Armentrout Inest S. Wall Charles G. Shaver and Frank M. Hou ser entrained this afternoon by the local exemption board for Camp Jackson South Carolina. Three men were those intended for the training camp today as Shaver had been on the Friday squad but could not reach the city. Clyde Murphy, delayed in Alabama, will be sent to camp later.
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Inest S. Wall
Charles G. Shaver
Frank M. Houser
Camp Jackson
S.C
Mr. Wall
Mr. Shaver
Clyde Murphy
Alabama
Creel protests war department on casualty list policy
George Creel chairman of the committee on public information sent a written protest to President Wilson against withholding addresses of soldiers in casualty lists. The committee refused to handle the list as issued calling it valueless to newspapers and the public while President Wilson reviews the issue awaiting General Pershing’s full report.
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Washington
George Creel
Committee On Public Information
Wilson
War Department
Pershing
Williams Sentenced to Electric Chair in Asheville
Will Williams, a black man, was found guilty of attacking a young white woman in the Manor area and sentenced to die in the electric chair. The execution date was set for April 26. Williams maintained innocence and asked for time to catch the real culprit.
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Asheville
Will Williams
Williams
France Not Asked for More Troops, March Says
Washington reports that France did not appeal for additional soldiers and that American troop movements to Europe would proceed under the existing plan as stated by Major General March acting chief of staff.
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France
Washington
United States
March
Europe
Resignation of Atlanta Rail Way Mail Chief Announced
Announcement from Atlanta on March 13 states FE Kling resigns as superintendent of the fourth division of the railway mail service. T H Harris of Cincinnati railway mail service is named to succeed him.
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Atlanta
FE. P. Kling
T. H. Harris
Cincinnati
Local Negroes 16 Go 10 Camp Grant
Twenty four negro selectmen from High Point township will be entrained on Monday April 1 for Camp Grant. The chairman A E F Tate was notified by telegram. There are 33 negroes to be sent from the township for the first quota. White men in the same quota have already departed. The men have shown impatience but no evasion, and community events have celebrated their upcoming service with banquets.
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High Point Township
Camp Grant
A.ef. Tate
National Army
Camp Greene
Carnip Jackson
Grant
Novel Affair at High School Friday Evening
An unusual program by the senior class will be presented Friday at 8 o'clock in the high school auditorium. Each speaker will cover a subject in two minutes. Patrons are invited to attend.
Federal plan urged to seize coal oil iron timber lands
Washington March 13 former U S Senator James F Martine and Representative Clyde Kelly urged legislation giving the president power to take over coal oil iron timber lands and water power and to sell their products at cost before the house interstate commerce committee.
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Washington
House Interstate Commerce Commission
U. S
James F. Martine
New Jersey
Clyde Kelly
Pennsylvania
Guilford County Seeks 48000 Federal Road Funds
Guilford County plans to obtain 48000 from a federal road fund, matching a prior 15000 pledge. The board of commissioners will review the plan at next month’s regular meeting. Funds would be released in five annual installments to be used on any post road in the county with state highway commission and federal approval.
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Guilford County
Federal Fund For
Board of Commissioners
Guilford
State Highway Commission
Sandelay
Willard and Fulton May Box for Honor
Fred Fulton and manager Mike Collins plan to travel to Kansas City to finalize a July 4 championship bout with Jess Willard. Telegrams confirm Willard has agreed to meet Fulton, with a New Orleans promoter offering $120,000 for the fight.
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St. Louis
Fred Fulton
Mike Collins
Kansas City
Jess Willard
Fulton
Collins
J. C. Miller
Willard
New Orleans
German spy suspect still detained at Norfolk base
George Yost, arrested at the Hampton Roads naval base by justice agents, is held in Norfolk awaiting a presidential warrant. He possessed blueprints showing base layout and construction work. Government agents in Norfolk and other cities probe his movements since 1913 when he arrived in New York claiming German birth. Berlin reports Ottoman troops before Odessa.
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Norfolk
George Yost
Hampton Roads Naval Base
Department of Justice
Washington
New York
Speedy Army Aviation Exam Lets High Point Man Go
Raymond Miller, superintendent of a High Point hosiery mill, was summoned to Winston-Salem for an exam, passed, and shipped to San Antonio by 8:50 p.m. He traveled through High Point on No. 29 en route to training at Welty Field, marking a rapid wartime mobilization.
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Raymond Miller
High Point
Winston- Salem
Army Aviation Corps
Miller
Winston-Salem
Welly Field
San Antonio
Texas
Aviation Corps
Heroism of American Crew Praised After Rescue
Sir Portesque Flannery of the Maldon division says he will urge the first lord of the admiralty to acknowledge the Parker destroyer crew. They rescued nine survivors including the unconscious navigation officer from the hospital ship Glenart Castle, sunk in the British Channel last February. Official sinking report lists 155 dead and notes survivors were landed by an American torpedo boat destroyer.
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London
Portesque Flannery
Maldon
Essex
Admiralty
Parker
Glenart Castle
Aviator Falls 300 Feet Into Sea in Hampton Roads
Norfolk March 13 Aviator M L McNaughton II 8 N RR fell from a seaplane 300 feet into the sea and drowned in Hampton Roads. An accompanying aviator was uninjured and his name is withheld by authorities.
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Norfolk
Val
M. L. McNaughton
Hampton Roads
McNaughton
Charleston to Get Army Aviation School
The War Department authorized an army aviation school at Charleston and plans are under way to open it as soon as possible. Approval came several days ago but was announced today.
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Washington
Charleston
War Department
City Council Grants 10 Percent Pay Rise for Teachers
The city council approved a 10 percent salary increase for teachers, effective March 1, boosting monthly costs by about $3000 for the school year. Salaries will rise from five dollars per month and up, aiding teachers amid rising living costs. If bonds can be sold, paving projects on Steele Street and the Parkway may proceed. officials seek a market for issued bonds to fund the work.
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Steele
Parkway
Bank of Commerce Building Tests Fire Pump Power
The Bank of Commerce Building, city’s tallest, was the target in Monday afternoon tests for the new fire department pumper. The test surpassed guarantees, throwing water several feet over the tower, confirming the apparatus met and exceeded expectations.
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Bank of Commerce
Roosevelt’s Son Wounded in Action Returns From War
New York March 13 Archibald B Roosevelt son of Theodore Roosevelt has been wounded in action with the American expeditionary forces. He is a captain and the cablegram was received today at the colonel’s office in New York.
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New York
Archibald B. Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
Amercian Expeditionary Forces
Young Roosevelt
Former First Lady Lucretia Garfield Dies in California
Lucretia Rudolph Garfield, widow of James A Garfield, the 20th U.S. president, died at her winter home in South Pasadena early today.
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Los Angeles
Lucretia Rudolph Garfield
James A Garfield
United States
South Pasadena
Crowder Urges Speed on Bills Pending in Senate
Provost Marshal General Crowder testified before the senate military committee urging rapid action on numerous army measures. He emphasized amendments to the selective service act and draft bill changes, with Senator Hitchcock noting expected passage. The discussion included abolishing the 50 percent aviation pay boost, which had already won approval.
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Washington
Senate
Military Committee
Crowder
Congress
Hitchcock
General Crowder
Closing Down of Industries Urged by Agriculture Panel
Washington experts urge closing nonessential industries for 15 days in spring to free workers for farms. Clarence Ousley, assistant secretary of agriculture, says every industry involved in war work could pause for forty days to meet farm labor shortages.
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Washington
Senate Agriculture Committee
Clarence Ousley
Carter Slashes Turner In City Altercation Near Rail Line
North Main Street area shows blood traces after a morning confrontation between two Black men. Carter reportedly cut Turner along the railroad between Main and Hamilton streets at about 7:30 AM. Turner required fifteen stitches. Carter fled and remained at large as police searched.
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North Main Street
Carter
Turner
Maim
Hamilton
Pitteen
King's Royal Word Given as Security
Washington reports that members of the American and allied special missions to Rumania have departed Seay for Odessa with assurances of safe conduct from the king of Rumania. The dispatch notes the guarantee of safe passage amid the ongoing political tension in the region.
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Washington
Rumania
Seay
Odessa
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