Verdun Front In Ferocious German Attacks
Paris reports the Verdun battle rages with heavy artillery and bloody infantry fighting. German assaults seek to break French lines near Douaumont while French counterattacks push the Germans back. Russians advance toward Mesopotamia open routes to Bagdad as Turks are hampered. naval losses include French cruisers and an Italian steamer sunk by an Austrian submarine.
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Erzerum
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Mediterranean
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EXPECT BAGHDAD 10 SURRENDER SOON
Lontion dispatches from Athens report the fall of Baghdad is imminent as intrigue and war pressure mount. Diplomatic wires from Constantinople suggest an assassination attempt on Enver Pasha, the war minister, has wounded him. The Mecklenburg duke has urged the German emperor to reinforce Constantinople. A Constantinople explosion swirls in the headlines and a new conference is slated for Monday. Meanwhile Western coal operators plan to meet Monday to settle labor disputes after the latest rejected proposal.
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Athens
Heuter
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Enver Pasha
Duke of Mecklenburg
New York
Pennsylvania
Illinois
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Obie
Diaz Forces Reported in Guatemala City
New Orleans March 5 F R Villancencio Carranza consul announced he received an official cablegram from Guatemala City stating that Felix Diaz with 300 men was in the city.
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New Orleans
F.R Villancencio
Carranza
Guatemala City
Felix Diaz
Governor Dunne Refuses to Send Illinois Troops
Springfield March 5 Gov Dunne stated he could not send state troops to Nokomis to restore order amid a dispute between Joe Weinstein and city aldermen.
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Dunne
Nokomis
Joe Weinstein
Board of Aldermen
Petrolite Attack Prompts U S Note to Austria Hungary
Washington reports the United States will formally demand apologies and punishment for the Austrian submarine that attacked the American tank steamer Petrolite. A note will be dispatched in coming days seeking reparation for damages and injuries to a crew member.
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United States
Austria-Hungary
Petrolite
Russians Capture Bitlis At Night
London telegraph reports a war office communique detailing a night assault in a snowstorm that seized Bitlis with no firing by our troops. A bayonet charge drove away Turks, stormed artillery, and yielded 20 Krupp guns and large munitions depots with many prisoners, including forty officers.
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War Office
Bitlis
Isitlis
Sugar from Hawaii ships to New York by rail
Chicago March 5 The first train load of what is described as the largest single commodity shipment ever made passed through Chicago. Sugar from Hawaii totaling 240000 tons, valued at 25000000 dollars, with freight costs around 3000000 dollars, will go mainly to New York refineries. The move, overland due to Panama Canal blockage, will take three months and use 6000 freight cars or 120 solid trains. The initial train left San Francisco February 24 and arrives in New York next Tuesday, with a portion later to Philadelphia.
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Hawaii
New York
Panama Canal
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Philadelphia
Woman shoots priest in St. Paul church
In St Paul Minnesota Rev Henry Jajeski pastor of St Casimir s Roman Catholic church was shot and killed by a woman during evening services several parishioners witnessed the incident She fired five shots two hit and killed the priest the woman was taken to the police station after threats of violence had been made but no further outbreak occurred
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Henry Jajeski
St. Casimir’s
Pass Virginia Dry Law in House by Narrow Margin
RICHMOND Va Mar 6 the lower branch of the Virginia general assembly voted to pass statewide prohibition 88 to none after senate approval The new law will take effect November 1 1916 with enforcement statewide
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Richmond
Virginia General Assembly
Senate
Verdun Fighting Blows Pour Death Into Crown Prince Army
ARIS March 5 report details two days of French machine gun and rifle fire against German forces attacking Douaumont. French hold the knoll overlooking the village as parts of Douaumont change hands amid heavy casualties. German efforts are described as costly with French infantry counterattacks and bayonet charges, while rain turns to snow and sleet over the battlefield.
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Yser
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Germany
Republic
US must fight for Monroe Doctrine, says Hart
New York March 5 Dr Albert Bushnell Hart Harvard history professor said before the Lawyers club that the United States must be ready to fight to maintain the Monroe Doctrine. He warned that Latin American countries see its weaknesses and will not aid the US in trouble.
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New York
Albert Bushnell Hart
Harvard University
Lawyers Club
United States
Obregon laughs at Diaz revolt reports in El Paso
Gen. Mabro Obregon, chief of the Carranza army, arrived from Douglas Arizona and dismissed news of a Diaz revolt. He warned that if Diaz had begun a revolt his end would come soon. No bride with him. she stayed in Nogales and would join him shortly.
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Mb Varo Obregon
Carranza
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Ariz
Diaz
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Obrgon
Nogales
Pope Benedict Urges Peace Prayers During Lent
Pope Benedict in a pastoral letter to Cardinal Basilio Pompili urges peace through Lent and asks Cardinal Pompili to lead the faithful in prayer penance and good works as the world faces difficult times. In San Francisco county GOP convention delegates chosen to back 36 uninstructed delegates to Chicago.
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Paris
Mar
Pope Benedict
Basilio Pompitt
San Francisco
Republican Central Committees
California
Republican State Central Committee
Chicago
Build New Submarines Declined by US Shipyards
Washington March 5 Am erican shipbuilders decline to build two fleet submarines authorized by Congress last year due to a 20 knot surface speed stipulation. Secretary Daniels informs House Naval Committee Chairman Padgett that satisfactory bets could not be obtained and steam driven designs would be required otherwise. He favors reappropriating funds for coast defense type subs or similar designs, noting steam driven craft unnecessary at present.
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Congress
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Padgett
House Naval Committee
Navy Yards
House Delays Action on Warn Americans About Armed Merchant Ships
Washington March 5 The house postponed action on a proposal to warn U S citizens not to travel on armed merchant ships as President Wilson seeks to strengthen his hand in talks with Germany The vote unlikely before Tuesday as lawmakers wrestle with a plan acceptable to the House and Senate The absence of many Democrats and a desire to delay action dominate discussions with William Jennings Bryan in town and meetings at the White House The debate centers on whether to table the foreign affairs committee recommendation or present a straight warning vote One factor is Republican temperament and Indiana Democrats urging no vote before next Tuesday primaries
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Senate
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William Jennings Bryan
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Foreign Affairs Committee
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Rules Committee
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White House
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Indiana
Chicago Jury Finds Bank Bandits Guilty
Chicago March 5 The four bandits charged with robbing the Washington Park National Bank of 13000 were found guilty. Deliberations were brief. Conviction carries a sentence under the underterminate law of from one year to life imprisonment. The convicted men are Charles Kra rast, Sere Aracoer, Harry Pein and Alex
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Washington Park National Bank
Charles Krarast
Sere Aracoer
Harry Pein
Alex
Mayors Press Defense Needs at Two Day Conference
ST LOUIS March 5 The two day conference of mayors on national defense ended with a banquet where speakers including George W Wickersham Mayor William Hale Thompson and Miss Anne Morgan urged preparedness. Resolutions urged universal military training a strong navy distant arsenals and mobilization of resources and standardization of war materials and transportation with a call for congressional action.
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ST. Louis
Conference of Mayors On National Defense
George W. Wickersham
United States
William Hale Thompson
Chicago
Anne Morgan
New York
Thompson
Organization of Transportation Service
Congress
Marshall fires counter charges during probe clash
New York March 5 United States District Attorney HL Snawder says Marshall published a letter he sent to the congressional committee investigating his official conduct accusing the committee of slander and bad faith to derail the prosecution of Representative Frank Buchanan. The letter to Chairman Charles C. Carlin comes after L R Holmes a New York Times reporter was arrested for contempt for refusing to reveal sources in an account tied to the probe. Holmes was released after a marshal declined to recapture him. The district attorney’s office believes the inquiry aims to block prosecutions of pro German offenders affecting American neutrality.
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New York
United States
HL Snawder
Marshall
Publc
Frank Buchanan
Charles C. Carlin
Warren Gat Oia
John M. Nell Scorsit
L. R. Holme
New York Times
United State
Route south for winter maneuvers encounters engine trouble
Washington reports the ecb marne K-46 developing engine trouble off the east Florida coast during its southbound winter maneuvers from Key West. It will be towed to its destination by the naval tug Peoria and the coast guard cutter Tampa, which sailed from Key West late Saturday afternoon. The destroyer MacDonough is standing by the K-46 in the area.
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Key West
Florida
Naval Ty Peoria
Coast Guard
Tampa
MacDonough Ia
Sanger
Senate Retains Garrison Plan in New Measure
A sweeping national defense bill introduced in the Senate preserves the Garrison army plans with alterations and added provisions for industrial reserves. The House bill follows Monday, both aiming to nearly double the regular army and National Guard. The measure authorizes a federal volunteer force in peacetime, an enlisted reserve across professions, federalized National Guard with pay ties, and an officers reserve training corps. Peace strength targets 178000 with seven year enlistments and potential reserve mobilization.
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House of Congress
Senate
Chamberlain
Military
Wilson
Congress
Fonner
Garrison
House
National Guard
Continental Army
War Department
Coast Artillery
Continental
United States
Hearing on Freight Congestion Planned in Washington
Telegrams to the Merchants Association of New York indicate shippers from Chicago Pittsburgh Philadelphia and other cities will send officials to appear at the interstate commerce commission hearing in Washington on Monday to discuss the causes of freight congestion. Shippers foresee a wide divergence of opinion on reasons for the congestion and methods to relieve it, with possible differences looming among associations and railroad interests.
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