War Updates and Strategic Shifts Across Fronts
Western front reports note the Karnak sinking near Malta as German U boats press troops. Fighting around Athens subsides while Petrograd pledges support for Constantinople and the Dardanelles. Teutons claim a 2,800 prisoner haul at Bucharest. Russians and Romanians counterattack, take prisoners, and push toward Bucharest. Constantine agrees to allied artillery transfer after heavy fighting. Carranza regains Chihuahua City as Villa retreats. Tarnowski von Tarnow seeks safe conduct. Greece protest to the United States emphasizes its neutrality stance.
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Malta
Athens
Asquith
Great Britain
King George
Constantine
Carranza
Chihuahua
Villa
Francisco Gonzales
Juares
London
Washington
Tarnowski von Tarnow
United States
Woman elected president of Texas School Teachers Association
The Texas School Teachers Association for the first time selects a woman as president. Judge William F. Cooper of the Pima County Superior Court dies in Tucson after a long illness. Monsignor F N Feurstein dies in Le Mars after apoplexy. Brewer and de Pretto sentences commuted to life in Utah. Coastal shipping disrupted by a southern storm from Mexico to Vancouver. A census on pulp wood usage and cost is reported in the United States.
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Texas School Teachers’ Association
William F. Cooper
Pima County Superior Court
Tucson
Ariz
F. N. Feurstein
St. Joseph’s Church
Sioux City
Lemars
Harry Brewer
Frank de Pretto
State Board of Pardons
Salt Lake
Utah
Arizona teachers group drafts school law in Tucson
The Arizona Teachers Association school law committee met in Tucson to draft a new education law and will propose a daily Bible reading in public schools without comment to the Legislature.
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Arizona Teachers’ Association
Tucson
Arizona
Washington Digs Into Mexican Situation As Villa Moves Front
Washington focuses on Villa activity and broader Mexican rebel movements while awaiting Gen Carranza's acceptance of the Atlantic City protocol. Reports note a German submarine sank the British ship Marina with six American fatalities and U. S. officials discuss a potential settlement. Secretary Lane urges withdrawal of large public land blocks in Colorado and Utah for fuel oil. T. R. Watson found guilty of murder and sentenced to 99 years in Waco. Senator Chamberlain to seek electoral college abolition. Countess Tarnowska abandons plans to accompany her husband to the United States due to ill health.
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Carranza
Joint Commission
Atlantic City
Villa
Mexico
Marina
Germany
Colorado
Utah
Green River
Wilson
Lane
T. R. Watson
Bank
Waco
Tex
Watson
John 8. Patterson
Chamberlain
Oregon
Congress
United States
Penfield
Vienna
State Department
Countess Tarnowski
Global snapshots of wartime unrest and finance
An informal census counts 2201 Japanese worth over 250000 dollars. Cardiff reports Welsh miners win a 15 percent wage rise. Cologne papers oppose German annexation terms. By March 31 1917 France opens 72500000000 francs in credits. Honolulu imposes suspended sentences on 108 women in anti vice raids. Amsterdam Reichstag passes compulsory civilian service 235 to 19. Calcutta dispatch: 1000 deaths from Pondicherry cyclone, 400 bodies found. Santo Domingo military rule proclaimed by Capt Knapp for U S forces.
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Japan
Cardiff
Cologne
Germany
Honolulu
Reichstag
Amsterdam
Berlin
Calcutta
Pondicherry
India
Dominican Republic
H. S. Knapp
United States
Santo Domingo
Republic
Sports Roundup Reveals Wrestling Upsets and Baseball Loss
Jack Johnson remains a likely U S contender as authorities believe he is in the United States. Joe Stecher tightens his hold on the heavyweight title by defeating Charlie Cutler in Chicago. Strangler Lewis beats Pat Connolly in Butte after two hours of wrestling. Bob Unglaub, former major and Western league player, dies in Baltimore after an accident. At Fort Collins Colorado, sixteen Aggies earn varsity letters for football season including Captain Shepardson and named teammates.
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Jack Johnson
Pugilist
United States
Joe Stecher
Charlie Cutler
Chicago
Butte, Mont
Strangler Lewis
Louisville
Pat Connolly
Butte
Denver
Bob” Unglaub
Fargo
N. C
Baltimore
Fort Collins
Colo
Aggies
Shepardson
Sleet Klemnedson
Robinson
Johnson
Hutton
Rothrock
Hoch
Nichols
Dotson
Cuzzens
Loss
Adams
Gratton
Reid
Scott
Thompson
el Paso
Tex
Geo. Bell, Jr
City
Juarez
International Bridge
New York
Woman's Trades Union League of
Philadelphia
Wilson lights statue of liberty with wireless flash
In New York President Wilson used a wireless flash to bathe the statue of liberty in light. The year’s Christmas club deposits total 2,893,000 in banks with about 80 million dollars shared. Funeral of Mrs Inez Milholland Boissevain held after California arrival. Rhode Island presidential vote shows Hughes 44,858 Wilson 40,39 Hanly 470 Reimer 180 Socialist-Labor Benson 1914.
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New York
Wilson
United States
Inez Milholland Boissevain
California
Rhode Island
Hughes
Hanly
Reimer
Benson
Secretary of State
New Hampshire
Philip H. Faulkner
Republican State Committee
Bessie M. London
Jack London
Oakland
Cal
Joan
Bess London
Charmion K. London
Syria
Port Said
American Committee For
Practical Pair in Birmingham Style
A light note from the Birmingham Age-Herald describes the Jibways as happily married by convention. Mrs Jibway stays busy with clubs leaving little time to ponder spiritual needs while Mr Jibway is so absorbed in business that he seems to have forgotten he has a soul.
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Jibways
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State Board of Censors
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Eeery Breggie
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