World Happenings Of Current Week
Unprecedented demand for American flare orders swamps factories. Finland Senate offered liberty to Finnish people reported by American minister Mor ris. March recruits set records in Chicago since Spanish American War. Windstorm in Mississippi caused six deaths and many injured. Boston navy yard switchboard run by girls for first time. Congress eyed peace talks with renewed vigor ahead of reopening. Prohibition amendments introduced but not pressed. New York food garden drive for women in war effort. Taft says South and Southwest ready for war. U S must enter. Government borrows 50 million at 2 percent for 24 hours. Helena reports gold rush as Nugget hunting hits streets. Portland warns Chinese tong war will be met with arrests. Four and six million dollar gold imports from Canada flow to New York and Philadelphia. Senator Kirby predicts 1.5 million men under arms in six months. Labor mobilization for war services outlined with plans to staff shipyards and arsenals.
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Stockholm
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Chicago
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Navy
Marine Corps
Mississippi
Spies In government offices prompt security tightening
Washington reports reveal German secret service traces found in several executive department precincts. Officials say no access to critical data is proven, but precautions rise as President Wilson pushes for a stringent spy law. The Justice Department bureau, enlarged since the war began, will gain broader powers.
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D. C
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State Department
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Senate
House
Justice Department
Bureau of Investigation
Peace Conference Proposal Emerges From Austrian Front
Berlin officials report Count Czernin as proposing a peace conference of belligerents during hostilities without a ceasefire. The plan, backed by Austria and its allies, is to be formally approved at a Berlin high‑level meeting representing the four powers. Washington says State Department has not confirmed definite details.
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London
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Count Czernin
Austria
Washington
D. C
State Department
Exemption Plan For Men With Dependents From Duty
Washington announces that National Guardsmen with dependent families will be mustered out of Federal service. War department drafts plans to exempt married men and those with dependents from active service, with further exemptions for skilled workers in essential industries if Congress backs President Wilson's universal service plan.
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War Department
Congress
Wilson
Armed American Ship Sunk Without Warning
Washington dispatch reports the first armed American merchant ship the Aztec was sunk without warning by a German submarine. Lieutenant William Fuller Gresham says 12 American hirejackets aboard the armed guard were saved, 11 crew missing or drowned after the first lifeboat was destroyed. The second boat and crew were rescued by the French patrol boat Sirrius after three hours.
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Washington, D. C
William Fuller Gresham
Sirrius
Villistas Executed in Chihuahua City Cemetery Killings
Juarez reports 65 Villa followers were executed in Chihuahua City cemetery by order of General Francisco Marguin after last Friday's battle. Refugees say more than 200 Villa sympathizers were hanged, including two generals, with 50 on a bridge, 17 on a tree, and seven in Cathedral plaza opposite the state palace.
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Mex
Chihuahua City
Francisco Marguin
State Palace
Lewiston City Fires Employee for Denouncing U.S. Flag
Edward Strong, longtime Lewiston city worker, was fired after officials learned he denounced the United States flag amid decorations with logs. He was taken to the police station, given a prompt hearing, and discharged from service.
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Lewiston
Idaho
Edward Strong
United States
Strong
President urges Congress to declare war on Germany
Washington reports President Wil a on Monday night urged Congress in joint session to declare a state of war between the United States and Germany. He denounced German policy as a challenge to mankind, said neutrality was no longer feasible, and urged mobilization of all resources to defend the nation and defeat Germany.
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Washington, D. C
Wila
Congress
United States
Germany
United States Declares War to Make World Safe for Democracy
President delivers address urging entry into the war to vindicate peace and justice against autocratic power. Congress prepares resolutions. aim stated to defend democracy and global rights, with a note that the move is a response to aggression.
War Resolution Before Congress
The document outlines a joint resolution declaring a state of war between the United States and the imperial German government. It authorizes the President to mobilize defenses and use all resources to wage and win the war. The text frames German acts as acts of war against the U.S. government and people.
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Far Aireate
United States
Senate
House of Representatives
United States of America
Congress
Beant
President's War Program Advances in Congress
The President urged full unity with nations at war with Germany, expanded liberal credits, mobilization of all resources, strong navy readiness against submarines, and an army of 500000 with room to grow. He called for funding without borrowing, via fair taxes, while keeping war supplies flowing to allied nations. Washington Democrats retain House control under Speaker Clark amid cross-party support.
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United States
Congress
Marin
Clark
Ty Shall
Minnosatu
Marvus
Lajutelanus
London
New York
Randall
Californi
Russians throw off yoke manifesto from peasant members
A Petrograd-dated dispatch reports the Republican Union of the Peasant Members of the Russian Duma issued a manifesto to the peasantry. It pledges land and a government suited to toilers, noting centuries of autocratic rule and church and school indoctrination.
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London
Republican Union
Duma
Petrograd
Guil
British Advance Two Miles on Somme Front Reports Sayville
Allied dispatch says British troops after heavy losses pressed their lines into German positions on the Somme for about two miles. The push occurred between the Peronne Gouzencourt road and the Omignon lowlands near Jeancourt and Vermand, with advancing units penetrating toward the German front.
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Sayville
N. Y
Germain
Somme
Peronne Gouzencourt
Omignon
Jeancourt
Vermand
Women Pacifists Grilled in New York
In a Monday night statement the Preparedness committee of the New York and New Jersey chapters of the National Civic Federation’s women’s department censure pacifists, calling their stance a direct insult to American women and demanding repudiation as unpatriotic and cowardly.
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New Jersey
Women's Department
The
National Civic Federation
Puelfiam Ts
Rensan
Gompers Switches On Compulsory Military Training
Samuel Gompers of the American Federation of Labor announced his report backing the Chamberlain military training bill. He said he had changed his mind after a letter from Amos Pinochet urging him to oppose conscription.
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New York
Samuel Gompers
Dent
Ameriteqt Peterition of Labor
Chamberlain
Amos Pinochet
Peace Meeting Riot Ends Clash At Academy Hall
A peace rally against militarism in Baltimore escalated into a violent riot as National Quarimen led a march into a theater. Police, called from across the city, dispersed combatants while several dozen were injured or detained. Notable attendees included professors, bankers, and lawyers amid chaotic scenes outside the Academy of Music.
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American League
David Starr Jorddatt
Jortan
Academy of Munic
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Jte
Ellen Pps
Baltimore
War Preparations Move Forward Across All Defense Branches
Wartime mobilization expands in Washington with Navy and War departments announcing intensified measures. General staff outlines plans to raise larger forces while Coast Guard patrols and naval command transition to new leadership. Secretary Daniels signals rapid increase in armed forces and global tensions rise as Hungary and other nations propose responses to growing conflicts.
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Navy Department
Coast Patrol
Henry Wilson
Pennsylvania
Daniels
Che Bowte
Turkish Forces Retreat After Failed Offensive
An official British statement says Turkish troops 35 miles north of Bipdad have failed to envelop Britta wah and are now in full retreat. Delin LaOO yi forve tear remains unclear.
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German Raider Sinks 11 Ships In North Atlantic Action
Survivors report a German raider sinking 11 ships in the facing Atlantic lanes near the Rio de Janeiro line. The Cambronne, attacked March 7, fought off raiders then returned to a German port with a crew including several Americans aboard. The destroyer armed and maneuvering, refits, and new men led to the sinking of merchant vessels.
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Gwarahigg
North Sea
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Sanday
Boand Mor
Atmericam
Vowmela
Branll
Islanders Weep as Danish Rule Ends in Virgin Islands
The transfer of the Virgin Islands from Danish to American control in St Thomas is marked by a flag ceremony at Bol Eloek. Commander Pollock of the cruiser Olympia leads the procession as the Danish flag is lowered and the American flag raised. Many islanders weep during a quiet, solemn moment with no demonstrations.
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Virgin Island
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Talmrile
United State
Bol'eloek
Cimumander Pollok
St. Thomas
Nundero
Olympia
St. Crops
Ambassador Penfield to Return to Washington
Amb Daniel Penfield the American ambassador to London is set to depart for Washington at once per reports via Reuters. The move follows a request by Secretary Lansing for Penfield’s counsel on war matters as the ambassador ends his tenure in London.
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Ate
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Reuter
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Lansing
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Jitney Seating Limited Faces New City Ordinance
City of Lume passes ordinance banning a passenger riding with the driver to prevent overcrowding after recent driver arrests. Measure targets Jitney services in Fortland to enforce safer seating limits and traffic flow.
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Fortland
Fat Mye
Lume
Theo
Raiders Sink Ships Off Trinidad In Naval Losses
Reported from Rio de Janeiro that raiders sank several sailing vessels off Trinidad. Many sailors were drowned as crews from varied ships were lost. Washington volunteers: three McAdoo sons joined the Naval Reserve in response to the war effort.
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Ipland
Trinidad
McAdoo
Washington, D.C
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Naval Reserve
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