British and German Advances Reported Across Fronts
Berlin says sixteen hostile aircraft downed in France and British forces push near La Paume with gains at Grevillers and Loupart Wood. London notes nine German planes shot down. Rome cites Austrian repulse near Lenzamo. Bagdad reports British cavalry in Kazimain.
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Berlin
France
Bagdad
London
Ancre
Lenzamo
Trentino
Rome War Office
Kazimain
Tigris
New Mexico
Columbus
Arizona
Douglas
Grevillers
Loupart
Lapaume
Fall of Bagdad Spreads News Across Europe and War Fronts
Reports from Berlin Vienna and Petrograd describe Baghdad’s fall Turks routed in Persia toward Hadjiabad and a consistory date set by Pope Benedict. Shackleton, in Sydney, declares active war service while a Brazilian consul general in Vienna dies by suicide after his wife’s failed attempt.
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Bagdad
Berlin
Vienna
Petrograd
Persia
Hadjiabad
Benedict
Ernest Shackleton
Sydney
Australia
Carlos Jaeger
Amsterdam
Reuter
House of Representatives
Ata
Germany
Nizam of
Hyderabad
India
George W. Guthrie
Japan
United States
Wallace Wins Easy Decision in Denver Bout
Otto Wallace of Milwaukee defeated Kid Mex of Pueblo by a fifteen round decision in Denver. Also news notes: San Francisco Club beat Chicago National No. 2 7 to 2 in Marysville. Fort Morgan 90 Akron 7 in Colorado.
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Otto Wallace
Milwaukee
Kid Mex
Pueblo
Denver
San Francisco
Chicago
Marysville
Cal
Fort Morgan
Akron
Colo
Alice Johnson
al Mamaux
Pittsburg Pirates
Brooklyn
Frank A. Marshall
Buffalo
N. Y
Marshall
Shell and Sink American Ship Sr Algonquin Blows Four Bombs
A report describes the Sr Algonquin damaging an American ship by firing four bombs, causing the vessel to sink. The action marks a notable naval engagement with the vessel sustaining critical damage from explosive ordnance.
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SHELL
Algonquin Sunk by German Submarine Off Britain
The Algonquin sailing from New York to London was shelled and then blown up by a German submarine on March 12. Twenty seven crew, including ten Americans, were landed safe. The incident follows a prior warning report to Secretary Lansing and ties into German influence over Mexico's advisory councils.
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Washington
Lansing
James W. Gerard
Germany
Berlin
Gerard
State Department
London
Plymouth
J. G. Stephens
American Star Line
New York
Wilson names Tariff Commission members
President Wilson selects a slate for the Tariff Commission including Prof. Frank W. Taussig of Harvard University former Representative David J. Lewis of Cumberland Maryland former Representative William Kent of Kentfield California Daniel C. Roper of McCall South Carolina E P Costigan of Denver Colorado and W S Culbertson of Emporia Kansas.
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Washington
Wilson
Tariff Commission
Frank W. Taussig
Harvard University
David J. Lewis
Cumberland, Md
William Kent
Kentfield
Cal
Daniel C. Roper
McCall
E. P. Costigan
Denver
Colo
W. S. Culbertson
Emporia
Kan
Wilson May Appeal to Patriotism
President Wilson plans prompt decisive action to prevent a nationwide railroad strike during the current international crisis. He believes railroads and their workers will set aside differences to defend the country and stands ready to intervene if the dispute worsens.
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Wilson
Washington
Woman Murdered With Hammer in Denver Case
John Whitson a farm hand on Jesse F. Welborn's Jefferson county estate is jailed in Littleton charged with murder of his wife. Her body was found in Logantown home with facial injuries and crushed skull from a claw hammer. Fifteen year old Beulah Whitson says parents had quarrelled.
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Denver
John Whitson
Jefferson County
Jesse F. Welborn
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company
Littleton
Logantown
Whitson
Beulah Whitson
German Ships in Harbors Seized by China
Washington reports China severed diplomatic relations with Germany and seized six German merchant ships in Shanghai. Crews are under guard as armed guards are placed aboard the vessels.
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British
War Office
Bapaume
Germany
State Department
Washington
Somme
Ancre
France
China
Shanghai
Obregon Resigns as War Minister in Mexico City
General Obregon resigns as minister of war in the cabinet and plans retirement to private life in Mexico City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Baseball League
Omaha
Russian Revolution Seizes Power as Regent Named
Petrograd reports the abdication of the Emperor of Russia and Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovitch named regent for Czarevitch. A new cabinet is formed, the Duma opposes dissolution, and the empress is said to have fled. The uprising shifts from mock displays to a genuine revolution with limited casualties.
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Petrograd
Duma
Michael V. Rodzianko
M. Rodzianko
Imperial Council
Progressive Strike Ordered By Railroad Brotherhood Chiefs
New York reports that after failed compromise talks the Big Four Brotherhood chiefs issued an order for a progressive nationwide strike to begin at 6 PM Saturday night and reach all states by Friday morning. Four hundred thousand workers are affected and Colorado is expected to feel the impact by Wednesday.
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New York
Big Four” Brotherhood
United States
Colorado
Grayson Confirmed as Rear Admiral and Medical Director
Senatorial approval confirms Dr Cary T Grayson a long fight over his nomination as medical director and rear admiral in the navy. The appointment aligns Grayson with President Wilson and follows a protracted Senate battle.
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Grayson
Washington
Cary T. Grayson
President Wilson
Senate
Navy
Felipe Gomez Executed as Villa Spy in Agua Prieta
Felipe Gomez aged 20 was executed by firing squad in Agua Prieta after conviction as a Villa spy. He refused to allow his eyes to be bandaged, an act noted by officials.
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Douglas, Ariz
Felipe Gomez
Agua Prieta
Villa
Gomez
State Appropriations Increase Taxes and Major Budget
The 1917 session raised the state tax levy from 3.25 to 4.50 mills. The $47,000 session cost covered principal appropriations including bonds, university and college maintenance, normal schools, hospitals, asylums, and state offices. Documents note the new highway law, state budget system, and various constitutional amendment submissions.
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Union News Service
Santa Fé
State University
State College
First State Bank
Military Institute
City
Las Vexan Normal
Silver City Normal
el Rite Normal
Deaf and Dumb School
Institute For the Blind
Furniure
Miners’ Hospital
Benston
Blas Sanchez
Public Instruction
State Board of Education
National Guard
Adjutant General
Albuquerque
Las Cruces
Silver City
Anaries
Supreme Court
Corporation Commission
Fison
State Tax Commission
Hank Examiner
Charles F. Lambert
State Vhtary
Ae Eranes
State Auditor's Office
U.S. Land
Board of Managers
San Diego Exposition
Nance
Magdalen Postoffice Robbed Again
Thieves pried open the back door with a crow bar and stole 50 cents in cash and stamps from the Magdalen post office. The adjacent pool hall was also robbed by the same culprits, yielding $9 and 500 or 600 cigars.
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Socorro
Magdalena
New Mexico March crop stocks and prices report
The March crop report shows on farm stocks as of March 1 Wheat 274000 bushels price 1.62. Corn 394000 bushels. Oats 278000 bushels. Barley 46000 bushels. Compared year ago and two years ago, prices and stocks vary. Andres Lucero aged 69, a descendant of a Spanish conqueror, died at Springer Santa Fe.
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Medford
Ore
Hiram W. Johnson
United States
California
Bakersfield
Saugus
Cal
State Trade Commission
Iowa
Santa Fé
New Mexico
Bureau of Crop Estimates
Weather Bureau
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Conquistadores Dios
Andres Lucero
Springer
Gifts Given to Leaders at Santa Fe Legislature
In the closing session the House presented Speaker Llewellyn and Republican floor leader Judge Barnes with costly silver services. Democratic floor leader Pardue received diamond studded cuff links and a stick pin, Blas Sanchez the chief clerk got a leather traveling bag, and Senate President John S. Clark was given a gold watch by colleagues.
Governor Lindsey's Appointments Confirmed by Senate
The New Mexico Senate confirmed all governor Lindsey's nominees to state boards and commissions after a minor hitch over terms for the New Mexico Normal University. Corrections included replacing Marcos de Baca on the Deaf and Dumb board with L. C. Mondragon and withdrawing certain regents nominations.
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Santa Fé
Senate
Lindsey
New Mexico Normal University
Board of Regents
The
New Mexico School For the Deaf and Dumb
Marcos de Baca
L. C. Mondragon
New Mexico State News Highlights 1917 Legislative Moves
The notice summarizes 1917 New Mexico topics including a $25,000 Santa Fe bond election for schools, state capitol addition approved, and bills on semimonthly paydays for certain workers. It notes resignations, appointments to the penitentiary and state posts, and governors signing laws on land drainage, road status, and rural education. It mentions a Panama Canal Zone marshal nomination and various development efforts in copper, electricity, and grazing. It also reports incidents in Albuquerque and other locations, including fires, a murder charge advancement, and a mail theft investigation.
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Buchanan
Yeso
Ricardo
Fort Sumner
Raton Pass
Santa Fe
FER
Stean
Albuquerque
Lindsey
Senate
House
Thomas Hughes
John B. McManus
Woman's Board of Trade of Santa Fé
Washington
Miguel A. Otero
Santa Fé
United States
Panama Canal Zone
United States Senate
Wilson
Theodore Rouault, Jr
Las Cruces
Cleofas Romero
Las Vegas
Elephant Butte
United States Reclamation Service
Giant
Copper Company
Burros Development Company
Burro Mountains
George H. Webster
Cimarron
Roswell
The
Panhandle and Southwestern Stockmen’s Association
el Paso
Abner T. Wilson
Clifton, Ariz
Association
Lindsay
Taos
Colorado Line
Elbert W. Blancett
Clyde D. Armour
Glorieta
Three Charged in Santa Fe Mail Pouch Disappearance Case
Albuquerque officials say Charles Garrett Tom Riley and Mrs Ruby Rapp waived examination before U S Commissioner George R Craig and were committed on five thousand dollar bonds. Mrs Rapp released on two hundred fifty dollars to testify at the Santa Fe Federal Court trial set for April 3 before Judge Neblett.
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Santa Fe
St In
Albuquerque
Charles Garrett
Tom Riley
Ruby Rapp
Santa Fé
United States
George R. Craig
Neblett
Federal
Governor Signs Relief Bills For De Baca Widow
Governor Lindsey notified both houses that he signed two appropriation bills for the late Governor de Baca. One provides 1265 dollars for funeral expenses and another grants the widow a gallery due plus 5000 dollars to be paid in fifty monthly installments of 100 dollars beginning April first.
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Santa Fé
Lindsey
E. C. de Baca
de Baca
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Western Newspaper
Vance McCormick
Democratic National Committee
Cunard
Frost
Queenstown
Federal Trade Commission
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Huerta
Maury I. Diggs
F. Drew Caminetti
Mary Hoy
Elizabeth Hloy
St. Martin's Church
Trafalgar Square
Zurich
Switzerland
House of Commons
Andrew Bonar Law
Sonora
Guillermo Chavez
Juarez
Mexican Central Railroad
José Ynez Salazar
Laefuna Station
Sporting News
Canada
Belgium
Commission For Relief
Newcastle
Ind
Richard Jacobs
Philadelphia
Hoboken
N. J
Bell System
Pittsbugh
Santiago de Cuba
National Civic Federation
National Council of Defense
Assay
U-Boat
U.S
Mexico
Costigan Tariff Commission
Czar
Russian Revolution
Union Nova Service
Daily Chronicle
Russia
Boy
GOV. Names State Boards
State Board of Health
James A. Massie
Ht. K. McClanahan
San Miguel
Josephs. Cipes
Hernalillo
HM. A. Ingalls
M. By. Taylor
Attes
JL Austin Strout
Carlsbad
CH. Ferguson
Tucumeari
Hoospital
Maton
Ernest Ruth
Uliver
Louis Garcia EK
Oo. Kowah
C. K. Bass
Ail
Colfax Eutinery
Water Commission
G Tracy
Kidsay County
Numa Stenger
Dona Ana
Victor Ortega
Spanish-American Normal Seles
Pio Arriba
T. J. Mabry
José Mentaner
M. J. Moran
Luna County
Howeh
Hoosevelt
M It Chapin
BJ Alger
Almaverque
Harrison
Santa Fé Insane Asylum
EB Potney
Bernalillo
Chaves
Military Institute Resents
Ke A. Cahoon
W A. Finley
Edelys
Otero
Fields
Jutin EK
Hell
Lincoln
W. M. Keilly
Lincoln Bach
Mites Rexents
J. M. Sully
Grant
T. Brown
Muilip Argall
Sovorre
G. CG. Clark
Secorra
W. A. Parvis
Bach
E R. Wr
Carlos A. Spless
San Miguel County
Benito de Baca
Helen M. Rayne Olds
W. A. Hayneer
Curry
Horace Cruse
Colfax Act
Sheep Sanitary Board
Jaffa Miller
Louisfield Bernalillo
Jawid Farr
Sabino Olivas
le Arriba
Manuel A. Maes
San Micael
Cattle Sanitary Board
G. J. Ballard
A. KE. Baird
A L Hodges
Cole Rallsten
Filiberto Gallegos
Union
Thomas Ddurns
Rio Arriba
William Duckworth
J. Raphael
Aguilar
Mora
A. W. Pollard
Luna
George II
Uirich
KCL Reta
F.C. Wilson
Capitol
Telesforo Rivera
Marcelino Garcia
Deming
New Mexico National Guard
A. C. Cooley
Extension Service
Federal Bureau of Animal Industry
Charles Springer
Colfax County
William M. Atkinson
Chaves County
Eugene Kempenich
Valencia County
State Highway Commission
Kempenich
Atkinson
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