Roosevelt Weighs Nomination and Moral Fight for Ideals
Col Theodore Roosevelt aboard a Caribbean posting declines Massachusetts or any state primaries. He warns nominating him requires a heroic mood and national unity. He urges Chicago delegates to pick a nonparochial, capable leader who will implement a clear national program of Americanism with courage and integrity.
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Trinidad
British West Indies
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Washington
Lincoln
Wilson
Chicago
Connolly May Land in War Department
Former Representative Maurice Connolly and new Secretary of War Newton D Baker will meet today or tomorrow. Baker, who has arrived, weighs Connolly for the assistant secretaryship as Congress backs him and army legislation promises the post holds significance.
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Washington
Maurice Connolly
Newton D. Baker
Baker
Congress
Connolly
Senate backs armor plate plant bill in 63 to 10 vote
The Senate voted 63 to 10 to take up Senator Tillman’s bill to authorize the purchase or construction of a government armor plate plant. The measure aims to expand military armor production and bolster national defense.
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Washington
Senate
Senator Tillman
Tube Plant to Be Built at Gary Ind by U S Steel
New tube plant costing about 6.5 million will be erected at Gary Indiana by the United States Steel System, announced by E 0 Gary of the corporation. The project and recent extensions bring total new construction appropriations to about 53 million. First unit finished in fourteen months.
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Gary
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United States Steel Syite
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Anes
Baker Is Sworn In Meets His Generals
Washington March date shows Newton D. Baker sworn in as secretary of war. The oath was administered by Joe Randolph assistant chief clerk. Baker, introduced to the department by Secretary, met generals and Army officers during an informal reception at his office.
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Newton D. Baker
Joe Randolph
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Ash
Columbus
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White House
Carranza
Congress
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New Mexico
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Atone
Foreign Relations Committee
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Atate
Buthe
Armenians Slain Before Fall At Erzerum
London report states only 16 Armenians survived in Erzerum after the fortress fell. Russian reports via Petrograd and Reuters quote Turkish residents saying Armenians were driven west and massacred by Kurds following the Russian capture.
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German Squadron Returns to Bas and Sightings in North Sea
London reports the German fleet returned to base this morning. Reuter’s Amsterdam correspondent notes ships with yellow painted funnels and a large fleet of battleships, cruisers, destroyers, and submarines sighted west of the Elbe. Dutch trawlers report a Zeppelin scouting during an air raid on England and a possible dash for English waters.
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Adda
North Sea
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Yumiden
England
English
Yankton Flood Threatens Residents and Livestock
The Missouri River rose again after an 18 inch drop, flooding miles east of Yankton. Many families are marooned without food, losses include almost an entire herd of purebred stock and about 400 hogs on James River farms. John Adkins and his hired man are on Rose Island, unreachable, as a whole island stays underwater. Rescue boats are being built in the city and could aid operations as more people face danger.
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Missouri River
Fred Drille
James River
John Adkins
Rose Island
Sweden Rejects Peace Conference Initiative
Stockholm reports the first chamber rejected a pro forma motion inviting the government to consider summoning a conference of neutral powers to plan lasting peace. Leader M Trygger argued such a conference would be harmful and could derail Sweden’s wish for early peace.
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London
Riksdag
Married British Men Called Up for Service
London reports a proclamation to be announced next week calling married men aged 27 to 36 to the colors amid wartime mobilization efforts.
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London
Senate grants Yankton bridge permit in Missouri river plan
Washington March 9 The Senate approved a bill for a combined railroad and wagon bridge across the Missouri river at Yankton. Senator Johnson's bill to permit Indians to nominate their superintendent and agents was blocked in the Indian committee by a vote but will be reviewed further by a sub committee.
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Johnson
Senate
Missouri River
Yankton
Johnseon
German marks reach low exchange value in wartime remittances
In New York on March 9 remittances to Germany fell to the lowest quotation since the war began. Reichsmarks were priced at a level unprecedented in U S German banking relations amid German advances in the western theater.
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New York
Germany
United States
Sarissini
Villa Bandits Raid Columbus Triggering US Intercession Talk
U S troops pursue Villa raiders into Mexico as Washington weighs sending forces to capture the bandits who attacked Columbus New Mexico. Secretary Lansing signals possible permission to act if ordered with withdrawal after mission. Senate debates risk of a new crisis amid this Mexican flare up.
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Lansing
United States
Carranza
Mexico
Columbus
N. M
Churchill stirs up Great Britain in Commons
London reports a tense political atmosphere after Churchill’s sensational performance in the house of commons and Arthur Balfour’s sharp reply. Churchill accused the navy of wartime construction lapses while Balfour blamed Churchill for depleting shipwrights by drafting them to the army. Observers question Churchill’s return to politics as he weighs his course, while newspapers critique both leaders for heated exchanges.
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Turkey awaits Verdun outcome from Athens dispatch
A Athens sourced dispatch reports Enver Pasha perhaps dead after an assassination attempt. The Turkish commission debated immediate peace with the Allies but chose to await the French front outcome. Authorities were ordered to clear mines from the Dardanelles passage amid mounting pressure. Austrian dreadnoughts reportedly prepared to aid Turkey by breaching the Adriatic blockade and reaching the Dardanelles.
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Dardanelles
Turkey
Black Sea
Negro evades arrest by killing himself in Lincoln
Lincoln Neb March 10 Barricaded by police who tried to arrest him for a criminal assault a negro named BarI King killed himself early this morning King had been drinking and with Hazel Holcomb a former sweetheart abducted her at gunpoint kept her in a barn threatened to kill her after letting her go she alerted police and led to his capture or escape ends with his suicide
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Neb
Barl King
King
Hazel Holcomb
Ane
Airight
Water power bill faces Baker's stance
In Washington, Newton D. Baker, new Secretary of War, is pressured over the water power bill jammed through the Senate. Senators such as La Follette, Norris, and Kenyon urge a clear endorsement or denunciation as public interest grows. Baker's attitude could shape the bill's fate.
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Newton D. Baker
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Huston
la Follette
Mr. Baker
Lake traffic great as sailors in demand at lake
Cleveland reports demand for men on the great lakes is tremendous with more ship cargo lined up than ever. It is estimated 65,000,000 tons of ore will be moved, plus 20,000,000 tons of coal and about 14,000,000 tons of grain, according to lake shipping interests.
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Ohio
Great Lakes
Emperor William Receives Moewe Commander in Amsterdam Dispatch
A Heuter dispatch from Amsterdam reports Emperor William has received the commander of the German commerce raider Moewe and blocked to him the order of Le Merite.
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William
Moewe
Peroneal
Heuter
Amsterdam
Columbus Is Attacked By Villa Led Raiders
A band of 800 to 1,000 Mexican raiders under Francisco Villa attacked Columbus New Mexico. Col. H J Slocum and the Thirteenth Cavalry drove them across the border after two hours of fighting. Casualties include seven U S troopers and several civilians. Pablo Lopez was killed. Villa and Lopez were in command. agents reported intent to provoke U S intervention.
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Boca Grande
Carranza
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Chihuahua
Clyde Ely
New Mexican National Guard
Deming
Americana
Mexico
Western railroads seek higher minimum carload weights
The Interstate Commerce Commission approved proposals to raise minimum load weights for grain products and wheat and rye on western rail shipments, part of the Western advance rate case. The decision also supported increased coal rates west of the Mississippi, while certain broom corn increases from Kansas and Oklahoma were rejected.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
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Oklahoma
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the &J. Louie & On Francisco
Memphis
Tena
Verdun Battle Rages As Germans Make Major Push
Terrific fighting continues on both Verdun flanks as German forces attack Bougainville and Vaux positions after heavy bombardments. German claims of Vaux village and fort captured are matched by French reports of repulsed assaults and renewed counterattacks near Bethincourt, Corbeaux wood, and Cumieres. The battle sees massive artillery duels with thousands of shells raining on French lines as officers lead charges amid fierce combat.
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War Office
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Berlin Declares War On Portugal
Germany declares war on Portugal after seizing German ships and breaches of neutrality. Lisbon notes include Anglo naval activity near Mozambique and Madeira, with German and Portuguese forces clashing on the southwest Africa frontier. Portugal mobilizes 370,000 total potential strength, and protective measures are set along the coast.
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Sayville
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Paris
British challenge claims of Germany
Washington March 9 British official statement counters the German memorandum to Secretary Lansing. It argues Germany’s submarine warfare claims rest on actions before Britain issued orders in council or any retaliation for alleged violations, asserting many German acts predate Britain’s restrictions.
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Lansing
Count von Kernetorff
Germany
Diazs Located in New Orleans
U S state department agents report Felix Diaz the Mexican revolutionary leader is hiding in New Orleans and have information indicating he did not land in Mexico with the armed expedition as had been reported.
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Washington
State Department
Felix Ding
New Orleans
Mexico
Canadian Soldiers Assault American Minister in Ontario Home
In Berlin Ontario on March 10 two soldiers and others broke into Rev. R. C. Tappert's home, dragged him to the street, and beat him. Tappert, an American citizen, protested to the American consul at Hamilton. Sergeant Major Mood and Private Schaefer admitted the assault and justified it by claiming Tappert was an enemy to the Lithuanian empire.
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Ontario
R. C. Tappert
Saint Mathews Lutheran Church
Tappers
Hamilton
Tuppert
Mood
Schaefer
Tappert
Lirithih Empire
Steamers Beached Near Malta After Fire Extinguished
Reported by the Peninsular and Oriental steamer from Malta that the vessel was beached after a fire. All aboard and cargo have been removed and passengers are safe as the blaze was put out.
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Lieyd
Malta
Peniocular & Oriental
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