Extraordinary Session Called Over German War Threats
President Wilson summoned Congress to an extraordinary session to address grave questions of national policy amid German submarine warfare against American ships. The moves hinge on whether a state of war with Germany exists, with recent ship sinkings intensifying calls for decisive action.
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United States
Washington
Congress
Germany
Lansing
Erious
London
Memphis
Ilinois
Bee
Vigilancia
Illinois
Cardiff
New York
Cousin of Kaiser Believed Lost in War Flight
Berlin dispatch reports Prince Frederick aboard an aeroplane failed to return from a raid over allied lines. The German War Office said the fate of the prince is unknown.
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Kaiser
Berlin
Prince Frederick
Earl
Prussia
War Office
German figures on destroyed tonnage
Berlin March 21 the French battleship of the Danton class was sunk by a German submarine in the Mediterranean. Admiralty figures show merchant ships totaling 781,500 tons destroyed in February according to yesterday's announcement.
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Berlin
Mediterranean
Admiralty
Punishment for Crooked Bank Official in Seattle
Seattle March 23 W L Collier president of Bank and Trust Company confessed to the prosecuting attorney that he embezzled 30000 dollars. He pleaded guilty to making false entries and was sentenced by Judge Smith to one to ten years in the penitentiary at Walla Walla.
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W. L. Collier
Emn Bank & Trust Company
Smith
Walla Walla
British Agent Sidney Stevenson Attacked at Frye Hotel
Sidney W. Stevenson, a British secret service agent and munitions buyer, was found unconscious after a mysterious assault at the Frye hotel where he stayed as a guest. He regained consciousness at Minor hospital carrying $30,000 in cash and traveler's checks.
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Frye Hotel
Sidney W. Stevenson
Secret Service
German Embassy Implicated in Hoboken Bomb Plot
In New York on March 23 during Captain Charles Von Kliest's trial, chemist Karl Schmidt former engineer Becker and others testified that funds to set up a Hoboken bomb factory came directly from officials at the German embassy in Washington.
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New York
Charles von Kliest
Karl Schmidt
Friederich der Grosse
Becker
Hoboken
Washington
Imperial conference opens with colonial statesmen in council
London march 21 British imperial conference inaugurated with colonial statesmen seated alongside government ministers in the premier's official residence council room marking a historic expansion of colonial participation in high level deliberations.
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London
Ex Senator Elihu Root Denounces German Acts
Ex Senator Elihu Root denounces Germany before a large mass meeting urging action. He says the Teutons defy civilization and religion, using fire and sword to subjugate inhabitants of other lands.
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Elihu Root
New York
Germany
Teutors
Congressmen Will Not Come to Alaska Plan Abandoned
Congressmen will not visit Alaska this summer as the authorization failed in the last congress due to a filibuster and the plan will be abandoned unless action is taken. The report notes the ongoing legislative obstruction and the uncertainty surrounding a possible new session debate.
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Washington
Alaska
Evon
British vessel Bray Head sunk by submarine
St Johns March 21 British steamship Bray Head sunk by submarine. cable from Belfast reports Captain Hoy and seventeen crew missing.
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Bray Head
Cable
Belfast
Hoy
Governor Strong Advises Alaska Legislature On School Funding
The governor urged the territorial legislature to add 35 000 annually for the next two years, boosting total biennial needs to 140 000. He proposed schools be authorized with ten pupils and funding per school rise from 1 000 to 1 500. He also urged election law revision and an eight hour law aligned with the fall plebiscite. The fisheries and Alaska insane care memorials should be sent to Congress, while Alaska finances were sound with a 217 000 treasury balance as of January 1.
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Jud Sage
Territorial Treasury
Congress
Alaska
Qau
Liberals Push Pro American Intervention in Santiago
In Santiago Cuba on March 21 liberals once prominent in government ranks launch steady propaganda campaigns urging U S intervention.
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Santiago
Cuba
Alaska governors race voices rise with several candidates
WASHINGTON March 19 Candidates for governor of Alaska multiply as Whittlesey strengthens his claim and Sulzer is discussed. Judges Jennings and Bunnell are named as strong contenders along with John W. Troy. The President delays the appointment. Mike Lucey and Denny Callahan left Flat for Tolstoi last Wednesday.
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Mike Lucey
Denny Callahan
Tolstoi
Sulzer Wins Congress Delegateship by Court Order
March 23 Judge Jennings issued a default order in the delegateship mandamus case and then a peremptory writ directing the territorial canvassing board to issue a certificate of election to Charles A Sulzer as delegate to congress. A protest by Valentine for Wickersham is deemed frivolous and aims to blunt the judge's ruling.
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Jennings
District Court
Territorial
Charles A. Sulzer
Congress
Vevery
Valentine
Wickersham
Alaska Roads and Trails May Be Under Supervision
Washington March 19 War Baker weighs transferring supervision and management of Alaska roads and rail construction to the Interior Department. He seems inclined to recommend the move by executive order or congressional action and a decision is expected by Congress convenes.
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Washington
War Baker
Alaska
Department of the Interior
Congress
Adamson Eight Hour Law Declared Constitutional
Washington March 19 The United States Supreme Court today ruled the Adamson eight hour law for railroad workers constitutional. New York March 19 The threatened nationwide railroad strike was averted as railroad managers, amid national crisis and shipking tensions, authorized President’s machinists to arrange necessary measures. Under a later agreement workers will receive present pay for ten hours worked, under eight hours of labor.
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Washington
United States
Germany
Congress
United States Supreme Court
Patriotic Railroad Managers
New York
Gill Trial Drags On In Seattle Conspiracy Case
In the Gill mayoral conspiracy trial Sergeant Putnam testified Chief Beckingham told him to lay off Ayers warehouse. Evidence showed Billingsley had twenty prior arrests but none after the alleged bribe. The dry squad chief testified he notified Gill of Billingsley’s extensive operations but was not ordered to arrest him.
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Gill
Putnam
Beckingham
Ayers
Billingstey
Billingsley
Government orders search aboard interned German ships
Philadelphia March 13 government officials ordered to search interned German vessels for suspected munitions. Vessel commanders threaten violence if confronted. If munitions are found they will be confiscated, risking serious complications. German steamship officials had claimed honor in not loading munitions.
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Philadelphia
Stenberg Wins In Record Time In Dog Team Race
Sture Stenberg captained a six dog team to a new course record in the St Patrick’s day dog team race under Pioneers. The course ran from Iditarod to Flat to Discovery Otter and back totaling about twenty two miles. Costar finished second in 1 hour 50 minutes with five bird dogs and Cyril Wood third in 1 hour 58 minutes.
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Igloo of Pioneers
Sture Stenberg
Garrison Costar
Cyril Wood
Ira Wood
ST. Patrick’s Day
Iditarod
Discovery
Hughes Calls German Attack a Threat to Liberty
Charles F. Hughes, once Republican presidential hopeful, told reporters in New York on March 21 that the German method of attack on the United States is an onslaught on liberty and civilization itself.
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New York
Charles F. Hughes
United States
German Sailors Drown Trying to Escape Interned Ships
Sailors from the interned German steamers Prinz Fitel Freiderich and Kronprinz Wilhelm at the navy yard attempted to escape last night. All but four were recaptured. It is reported that Lieutenant Charts and Machinist's Mate Herman Schroder were drowned during the escape attempt.
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Philadelphia
Prinz Fitel Freiderich
Kronpring Wilhelm
Navy Yard
Herman Schroder
Police Chief Fatally Injured in Vancouver Incident
March 21 in Vancouver B C a Black assailant Robert Tait fatally wounded the city police chief after resisting arrest during a serious incident. George Rolph a nine year old boy and Detective Cameron were wounded as officers pursued the suspect.
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Vancouver
B. C
Robert Tait
Tait
George Rolph
Cameron
China Moves Toward Allied War Involvement
Pekin reports indicate China is preparing to join the entente in the war. Chinese troops have occupied the German concessions at Tientsin and Hankow, signaling a shift in posture and potential alliance with allied powers.
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Pekin
China
Tientsin
Hankow
Alaska forest pulp mill urged for newsprint supply
Secretary of Agriculture Houston proposes establishing a U S newsprint plant in Alaska using seventy billion feet of spruce and hemlock. A 100 ton daily mill could cost 2.5 million dollars and deliver paper to New York via Panama Canal at 35 dollars a ton. Alaska's timber is seen as a superior national resource.
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Washington
Houston
United States
Alaska
Forest Service
New York
Panama Canal
Ruby Derby Captured by Native Contestant
The Ruby Derby was won by George run last Saturday Jimmy, a native, in 5 hours 23 minutes 34 seconds. Alex Brown was second in 5 hours 23 minutes 39 seconds. Coyne took third in 5 hours 2 minutes 50 seconds. Jimmy crossed the line first amid protest and was awarded the decision. The route was fifty eight miles to Long and return, with heavy track and glaciers causing trouble. A consolation race with a $300 purse is scheduled for the first week in April.
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George Run
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Alex Brown
Walt Min
Coyne
Prince Rupert Goes Aground Near Glenn Island
The steamship Prince Rupert went ashore this morning on Glenn Island near Prince Rupert. The passengers were all taken off and removed by Prince Rupert.
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Seattle
Prince Rupert
Glenn Island
Stenberg Presses Lead But Finishes Behind Costar in Iditarod
Stenberg lost time early but closed the gap on Costar as the Iditarod neared the Northern Commercial Company corner. He finished 1 minute 45 seconds behind, with 8 minutes 15 seconds gained. his team winded and one dog exhausted at the line. Cyril Wood finished at 4 18 with dogs likely able to repeat the distance. Official race records followed.
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Costar
Northern Commercial Company
Iditarod
Cyril Wood
Territory Gains by French and British Signaling Rapid War Advance
London reports March 17 Bapaume fallen as British forces seize town after fierce fighting and Germans burn it. By March 20 Haig says forty more villages taken. front extends forty five miles with German depth up to ten miles. Paris notes Roye Neise Chaulnes and Ribecourt captured. Avre to Aisne front expands. French advance 60 kilometers. Barleaux wells poisoned. By March 22 total French liberated area reaches 753 square miles with 266 towns and villages. Germans still hold 7,126 square miles. Berlin reports systematic retirement between Arras and Oise as Peronne Noyon Bayeume Roye and others abandoned.
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Nesle
Chaulnes
Peronne
Haig
Iit
Barleaux
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Roye
Andrechy
Vise
Ribecourt
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Aisne
Neise
Ham
Somme
French War Office
Switzerland
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Oise
St. Quentin
Berlin
Arras
War Office
Noyon
Bayaume
British seize Bakuba area near Didla river
London reports a portion of Bakuba on the Didla river’s right bank, northwest of Baghdad, occupied by British forces as Turkish troops fall back to the Tigri. In Petrograd, Russians drive Turkish units from Narlespkian summit in northwestern Persia.
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Bakuba
Didla River
Bagdad
Tigri Petrograd
Narlespkian
Persia
Czar and Consort Reported Prisoners Amid Russian Turmoil
London dispatches note the deposed czar and his consort ordered to Tsarsko-Selo while Grand Duke Michael claims the throne conditionally. Reports conflict over abdication and a temporary government trio of twelve governs Russia as unrest spreads across Petrograd and Tauride palace.
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Tsarsko-Selo
Michael
Petrograd
Viborg
Nicholas
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Peterhoff
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