Submarine Threat Drives Britain to War Resolve
Frank H. Simonds reports from New York on a British view of the German submarine campaign. He notes five subs sunk or captured by the Royal Navy, Britain’s looming food shortages, and the belief that Germany has fired its last major card. The piece warns that unless subs are countered, Britain faces years of war and possible famine.
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Great Britain
Trafalgar
Friends
Allies
America
Britain
Germany
England
Kingdom
Eng
Reeault Ia
Zimmermann Explains Germanys Decision to Avoid War
Berlin February 28 foreign Secretary Zimmermann spoke in the teichstag on relations with the United States and the attempt to continue negotiations via Swiss mediation in Washington. He indicated the government wished to avoid anything that could lead to war with America.
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Berlin
Sayville
Teichstag
United States
Germany
Zimmermann
Washington
America
Fisheries agency to oversee Lower California coast
Mexico City reports a new department of fomento plan to place an agency on the west coast of Lower California to manage the fisheries industry. Until setup, the Mexican consul at San Diego California will issue sealing permits and collect accruing fees.
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Mexico City
Department of Fomento i
Lower California
San Dieno
Cal
Railroad yards ease congestion as weather clears
Conditions in the congested middle west railroad yards are nearing normal as warm weather frees lines. Reports from Cleveland Detroit and Pittsburgh note reduced car accumulations while Atlantic and Gulf ports also show declines.
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Washington, D. C
Middle West
Cleveland
Detroit
Witteburgh
Atlantica
Gulf Ports
Universal Strike for Bomb Plotter Mooney Protest
Salt Lake City marchers plan a universal strike and embargo on California products in protest of the Mooney case. The Salt Lake City labor council acts on a resolution calling a strike if approved, tying the action to the July 22 parade tragedy and Mooney’s impending hanging.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
United States
Thomas J. Mooney
San Francisco
Expecting Another Winter of War in Global Conflict
London report quotes Gen. Frederick Maurice, head of military operations, predicting the war may extend through another winter. He argues strategy remains constant from Lee to Napoleon, with three wartime changes: airplanes, heavy artillery, and machine guns, while tactics evolve.
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London
Frederick K. Maurice
Imperial General Staff
Associated Preas
Maurice
Robert F. Lee
Napoleon
Lee
Marne
Belgium
Paris
Stonewall Jackson
Kernstown
Europe
Ypres
Arras
Ancre
Somme
Sioux Falls Man Honored for Educational Leaders
Kansas City March 1 Thomas B Finegan deputy commissioner of education of New York Albany was elected president of the superintendency division of the National Educational association today A A McDonald superintendent of Sioux Falls S D was named first vice president and Carlow M Cole superintendent of Denver Cole second vice president
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Kansas City
Thomas B. Finegan
State of New York
Albany
National Educational Association
A. A. McDonald
Sioux Falls
8. D
Carlow M Cole
Denver
Cole
Second View
Baby Death Rate High in Britain
London reports a vital statistics study showing higher infant death risk at home than in combat in France. It states that of 100 births six die before birth, and 16 more die by the end of the first year, amounting to 26 lost before reaching one year.
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London
Mall
Great Britain
France
Gerard party safe aboard Infanta Isabel
London dispatch reports former American ambassador James W. Gerard and his party aboard the Spanish steamer Infanta Isabel. The wireless message from 30 p m Wednesday says the voyage passed without incident and weather was delightful. The Daily Mail correspondent aboard the steamer sent the report.
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London
James W. Gerard
Daily Mall
Utah Bars The Makins in Cigarette Tax Move
In East Lake City on March 3 the lower house passed an anticigaret bill aimed at regulating rising cigarette use by prohibiting the makins. The Utah legislature advances a measure to curb smoking and tax cigarettes.
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Utah
East Lake City
Missing Americans on Galgorm Castle and Tritonian
Queenstown reports detail the sinking of the British bark Galgorm Castle and the Donaldson liner Tritonian, with two Americans missing from the Galgorm Castle. William Jackson of New York and David Walker of Virginia are identified as missing, while other Americans aboard were saved or rescued. The Tritonian was torpedoed off Ireland with one American engineer saved, and the vessel abandoned as a submarine attack occurred in heavy seas.
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Queenstown
William Jackson
Beach Street
New York
David Walker
Spring Street
Btonardsville
Washington
Galgorm Castle
Donaldson Line
Tritonian
State Department
Conaul Frost
Huenos Aires
Hull Rock
Jost
Beech Street
Green County
Virginia
Henry Meritt
Beaver Falls
Harry Richardson
Hanover Street
Boston
Halifax
Liverpool
Charing Cross
Nebraska Officer Elsasser Elected Lieutenant Colonel
Lincoln Neb March 2 Maj Henning F Heinie Elsasser of the Third battalion Fourth regiment Nebraska national guard was elected lieutenant colonel by officers of the regiment. He is commandant of Omaha high school cadets and was born in Fremont October 10 1883. He joined the guard in 1903 rising to major by 1915 after a long service record.
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Lincoln
Neb
Henning F (Heinie) Elsasser
Nebraska National Guard
W. E. Bachr
Omaha
Eleaseer
L. 8. Johnson
William EK. Buel
Elsasser
State Guard
J. M. Birkner
Lynn J. Butcher
K Company
Kearney
W. Hamilton
B Company
Onnalia
Entente invites China to join war effort
The French minister and the Belgian chargé d'affaires representing the Entente have invited China to enter the war. They offer remission of the Boxer indemnity and a tariff revision as inducements. A cabinet trial is imminent as the president and premier urge China to join the Entente.
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China
Peking
Wilson Will Use Same Small Bible In Inaugural Oath
Washington dispatch reports President Wilson will swear the oath on a small Bible once used when he became New Jersey governor and later chief executive in 1914. It remains uncertain whether the ceremony will occur at the White House or the Capitol, depending on congressional affairs.
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Wilson
Washington
D. C
New Jersey
White House
Capitol
Tun
Hse Ih
Bernstorff Plot Aimed to Halt U S War Effort
Washington reports detail a German plan urged by former ambassador von Bernstorff to dismantle German warships in American harbors while transmitting the Zimmermann note to Mexico. Officials say the plot was broad, with Mexico’s stance and Japan’s loyalties to be clarified, as Germany press countermeasures begin.
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Bernstorff
U. S
Washington
Count von Bernstorff
Berlin
Mexico
Germany
von Bernstorff
Admiralty ends warning period for Atlantic ships
Berlin dispatch via London reports the Admiralty announced on March 3 that the final grace period for all ships in the Atlantic expired on March 1 and from that date no special warnings will be given to boats by submarines.
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Berlin
London
Admiralty
Atlantic
Austria Seeks to Preserve U S Ties Amid Tensions
Reports from Vienna, relayed via Paris, indicate Austria Hungary intends to avoid breaking with the United States. The government is prepared to make any reasonable sacrifice to avert a rupture, even if it risks angering Germany.
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Paris
United States
Vienna
Austria-Hungary
Armany
Navy Appropriation Bill Passes Senate Without Roll Call
Washington March 3 The Senate approved a 535 million dollar naval appropriation bill without a roll call. The measure now proceeds to conference.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
Kaiser Has a Chill No Alarm Felt
London March 2 The German emperor is reported to be suffering a severe cold according to a Herlin report via the Exchange Telegraph from Amsterdam. He is said to be compelled to remain in bed but communicates daily with headquarters. His condition does not cause anxiety though doctors urge great caution.
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London
Herlin
Exchange Telegraph Company
Amesterdam
Teere
Turks Flee on Tigris Front as British Win
London reports Turks retreating along the Tigris front after a British advance. An official briefing says Turks moved through Aziziyah, 52 miles north of Kut El Amara, as over 7,000 prisoners have been taken since December with 4,300 captives since February 25.
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London
Tigris
Aziziyah
Kut-El Amara
Tursiah
Northcliffe Seeks Allied Financial Aid for War Burdens
London March 3 Lord Northcliffe publisher told the American Luncheon club he believed Britain could finance the war but would welcome a shift of the enormous financial burden to America and France. He said allies could win without US help but wished America by their side for sentimental reasons.
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London
Lord Northcliffe
America
France
Emigration from Ireland Drops to Record Lows in 1816
Dublin reports official emigration for 1816 at 7,402 people, a record low. This compares with 10,650 in 1915, 20,514 in 1914, and 30,967 in 1913. Only 4,207 headed to the United States, far below prior years. Ulster remains the top emitting province with 2,733.
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Dublin
Ireland
United States
Ulster i
Four Americans liberated from Yarrowdale prisoners
Four formerly captured American porters from the Yarrowdale arrived in Copenhagen after three months in German custody. They described destitution, shelter by the British consul, and release tied to quarantine compliance.
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Washington
Germany
Paul Ritter
Copenhagen
Kenn
State Department
John Davis
Columbus
Miss
Orville McKim
Watertown
R. D. Snyder
Norfolk
Richard Zabriskie
Englewood
N. J
Yarrowdale
Karlsruhe
Dalken
Karleruhe
Warnemunde
Denmark
Gedser
United States
Winslow
Glass plate preserves 1814 mobilization poster in Paris
In Paris a glass plate was secretly attached to the wall of 1 Rue Royale to safeguard an August 1814 mobilization poster. The plate keeps the poster in its original position as a memorial to the war outbreak days. The anonymous initiators and workers remain unidentified.
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Paris
Rue Royale
Senator Brand condemns Zimmermann note as authentic
Washington March 2 Senator Eherman of Illinois read to the Senate a telegram from the Chicago Staats Zeitung edited by Horace L. Brand, decrying the Zimmermann instructions for an alliance among Germany Mexico and Japan to wage war on the United States. The note as published yesterday was stated to be correctly copied and authentic.
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Washington, D. C
Eherman
Llinois
Senate
Chicago Staats Zeitung
Horace L. Brand
Germany
Mexico
Japan
United States
Berlin
Althougth
Zimmermann
Reichstag
Congress
Wilson
House
RaumOe
Yverdon
Associated Press
Fall
Smith
Georgia
Furnach
Sena
Andrew Johnson
Wall
Deady
Pall
Des Moines Council Backs Up President Defense Plea
Des Moines council today unanimously passed a resolution urged by the National Security League requesting patriotic citizens to send telegraphs to Washington pledging support for any action to defend rights menaced by Germany. Mayor MacVicar organized a volunteer company at city hall. A separate note mentions a grave diggers union formed in Jersey City Minnesota.
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Dew Moines
National Security League
Washington
Germany
MacVicar
La Touraine Arrives After Transatlantic Crossing
New York on March 2 reports the French liner La Touraine, which left Bordeaux February 1 with 140 passengers, signalled by wireless that she had pushed Nantucket and that all in bound were well. She is expected to dock here tonight.
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New York
la Touraine
Bordeaux
Wirelewx
Nantucket
Rail leaders meet to plan wartime transport cooperation
Washington in March. Meads of the country’s leading rail centers met with the Council of National Defense to approve plans for giving the government full cooperation of transportation interests in case of war. They answered the call of Daniel Willard, president of the Baltimore and Ohio, a member of the council and vice chair of the association of captains of industry.
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Washington
Meads
National Defense
Dantel Willard
Baltimore and Ohl
Ven Captaings of Industry
Posters Bring 50 Francs in Paria Mall Octobre
In Paria by mall octore workers now receiving from 160 to 200 francs for the gener obliination pre latmition dated August 2 and signing Galdenia pro bumation to the Inhabitants of Maric on tabling the pout of military severns. The Oeuvre reports duplicating the dato and offers 100 francs each. They are recognized as fair by many, with a noted difference in pauper type.
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Paria
Mall
Cienera Galdenia
Maric
Toll of the Plunger
Washington report on wartime shipping losses shows a high percentage of global trade destroyed since the war. February figures indicate Norway and France among top nations affected, with substantial submarine activity and record losses for certain belligerents.
Senate OKs San Francisco Navy Yard Plan
Washington March 2 by a 46 to 26 vote the Senate adopted a committee amendment to the naval bill authorizing the establishment of a second navy yard on San Francisco Bay with an initial appropriation of 1.6 million dollars to acquire the site.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
Navy Yard
San Francisco Bay
Northwestern University Magazine Board Considers Candle Tone
Chicago March 2 The queen of a new set of editors for The Candle a student publication at Northwestern University has appeared before the board of student publications. The January issue by the coeds carried an article on the Liberal Art of Kisvings and an illustration of a girl curled up in a wine glass. The editors Arthur Kramer and Joyce Sheridan defend a shift from literature only to a livelier brand saying the magazine must shed its old strictly literary policy to remain relevant.
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Chicago
Northwestern University
Arthur
Kramer
Joyce Sheridan
Busines
Sheridan
Navy funding rush amid wartime Senate action
Washington March 3 The Senate approved the naval bill section to remove a mediation clause and adopted a provision making all appropriations immediately available, arguing urgency as war looms. Senator Lodge urged quick passage and a possible extra session as funds of 160,000,000 bonds and 35,000,000 added for submarines were discussed. The piece notes President Wilson may order arming merchant ships once authority is granted.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
Naval Committee
United States
Mann
Lodge
Congress
The
Tribune
Washington Bureau
Washington, DCl
Wilson
Navy
Army
China
Cierman
Arkansas Bank Robbed at Whatley by Unidentified Suspects
An Arkansas bank in Whatley was robbed by unknown assailants who forced the cashier into a vault and escaped with a small amount of money. The incident occurred at Rice Growers Bank, with little information released about suspects or motive.
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Whatley
Ark Mart 2
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