Lists of Injured and Killed in War Department Release
Washington reports a second casualty list naming Captain Harry C. McHenry and fifteen others killed in action and First Lieutenant Frank J. Montgomery killed in an airplane crash. Also listed are wounded officers and privates, with debates in Congress and editorials criticizing the policy of publishing next of kin addresses.
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Washington
War Department
Harry C. McHenry
Frank J. Montgomery
Alex William Terrell
Arthur Ward
Senate
France
New
Indiana
Keely
Chicago
James Keely
Chicago Herald
Illinois
Ghia
Lowden
Prank O. Lowden
Virgil LeRoy
Streat
Independent Times
Os. OT. Heath
Oblong Oracle
Lenine Announces Evacuation to Moscow
Petrograd is to lose state institutions as the peoples' commissioners depart for Moscow which becomes the temporary capital. M. Lunacharsky remains in Petrograd with extraordinary powers while Javestia and Pravda move to Moscow. Trotzky resigns as foreign minister. his deputy Tchitcherin to succeed.
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Petrograd
Lenine
Moscow
M. Lunacharsky
Soviet
Javestia
Pravda
Leon Trotzky
Tchitcherin
Windstorm in Ohio Develops Into Tornado
Windstorm escalates to tornado velocity striking Lima and surrounding counties on March 10. Officials report at least two deaths and widespread damage to homes and farm buildings. A stone crusher roof near Middlepoint was blown off and fell into the city, with casualties occurring at Middlepoint in Van Wert County.
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Lima
Traction
Middlepoint
Vanwert
Valor of Americans in Lorraine sector praised by French
An official French dispatch commends American troops in Lorraine for courage and calm bravery during heavy fighting on March 4. It notes repeated German attempts to penetrate American trenches, successful American counterattacks, and two prisoners taken after a patrol engagement.
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Lorraine
Iere
Loyalty pledge at Swedish American League war luncheon
Chicago March 10 Loyalty to the United States in its war against Germany was the keynote of an address at the Swedish American Republican League of Illinois annual luncheon. About two thousand from central and northern Illinois attended. Governors, senators, congressmen and party leaders spoke endorsing war unity, citizen rights, and Republican leadership.
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Chicago
United States
Germany
Republican League of Illinois
Central
Illinois
Frank O. Lawden
Goy
John G. Oglesby
Wal A. Hays
Republican National Committee
Medill McCormick
U.S
Knute Nelson
Minnesota
Charles Deneen
Fred Sterling
Republican State Committee
Uwunols
Andrew Ruesel
Len Small
Emmerson
Oscar Warlstrom
League
Houston
Texas
Republican
Republican Party
Will H. Hays
Con
Roeseman Irvine Lenroot
Wisconsin
Congress
Aquilas Cigars Win Five-Men Team Title in Cincinnati
The Aquilas Cigars of St. Paul captured the five-man team event at the American Bowling Congress tournament in Cincinnati on Saturday night. They finished with a total of 3022, the highest score, and drew first prize as the last shift failed to surpass their score.
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Cincinnati
Aquilas Cigars
St. Paul
American Bowling Congress
Two Keys to World War Position From Asquith Speech
Scotland March 10 Former Premier Asquith told constituents there are two keys to the world war position command of the sea and the western front Both remain in Entente hands He warned Germany would barter peace terms and urged a peace of peoples not rulers and parliaments.
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Cupar
Scotland
Awerbert H. Asquith
Russia
Germany
Chancello von Thertling
Asquith
Black Sea
Caucasus
Armenia
Belgium
Brest-Litovsk
U-Boat Operations Off Atlantic Coast Hinted
London reports suggest Germany plans to use submarine cruisers off the United States coast in late spring or early summer to disrupt trans Atlantic communication. Officials doubt bombardment of open towns. seaplane equipped raiders like Wolf may threaten coastal targets for moral effect. Air experts foresee growth of seaplane use with raiders.
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London
Germany
United States
Wolf
Russians organize to aid Jap campaign in Siberia
Beuff Pravda reports from Irkutsk that ex-premier Prince Lvov forms a new eastern Russian government seated at Peking awaiting Japanese troops landing at Vladivostok to enter Siberia. Telegraph links Vladivostok and Irkutsk are cut, Vladivostok soviet mobilizes for resistance and forms a Red army.
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Petrograd
Beuff Pravda
Bolshevik
Irkutsk
Council of Ministers
Revolutionary Russia
Prince Lvoff
Far East
Peking
Vladivostok
Siberian
Soviet
Vladivo
Pravda claims continued German hostilities in Russia
Pravda reports that despite a peace conclusion the Germans did not suspend fighting in the Gomel Novozybk sector. They advanced to gain strategic advantages for consolidating their front near Petrograd.
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Petrograd
Pravda
Gome-Novo-Zhkybkov
Americans March In At Night Amid Trench Preparations
Herbert Corey writes from the American front describing American troops marching at dusk toward German trenches. The village street and approach road lie under cover from hills and observation posts. Cooks prepare chow as soldiers ready for the night march toward the trenches.
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Herbert Corey
Jerry
Herbert Covey
Germans deny they practice polygamy
Amsterdam reports waves of rumors in belligerent nations claiming Germany officially recognizes polygamy to speed recruitment. German experts and newspapers deny the claim, noting religious and social groups urging birth-rate increases, yet the Tageblatt downplays their importance while listing several movements such as Eden and Mittagsbund, Hammar Community, German Society for Regeneration, and Ariana.
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Amsterdam
Germany
House of Commons
Arthur J. Boulfour
Robert Cecil
Die Christliche Welt
Rade
Tageblatt
Hammar
British Line Holds After Double Assault In Flanders Front
The British front in Flanders remains the focal point of major operations as Germans launch two direct assaults on narrow fronts, incur heavy casualties, and fail to gain ground. American patrols repulse liquid fire attacks near Toul, while Paris endures another German air raid. Lenine seeks peace ratification as Trotzky and others resign. Don district hosts growing anti Bolshevik movements. Petrograd reports a Russia Romania peace, Bessarabia evacuation terms, and Romania to defend loyal populations.
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Flanders
Teutons
Toul
Paris
Berlin
Treves
Troteky
Nikolai Lenine
Moscow
Copenhagen
Don
Petrograd
Russia
Rumania
Bessarabia
Numerous British Raids in France Reported
London reports numerous raids by British forces on the French front with heavy gunfire. Haig headquarters say raids north of the Bapaume Cambrai road yielded a machine gun. another raid near Oppy killed several and took prisoners. Portuguese troops near Neuve Chapelle penetrated second line trenches, shelled dugouts, and seized two machine guns along with prisoners.
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London
Haig
Bapaume-Cambrai Road
Oppy
la Bassee Canal
Neuvechapelle
Russ Power Broken Kaiser Announces
Amsterdam March 10 According to the Berlin Lokal Anzeiger the German emperor telegraphed in reply to Bremen messages that after years of struggle the German people led by ideal generals have broken Russian power and gained eastward security He says peace gained in the east means the end of the ring around us and calls for confidence in a bright future for Germany and the fatherland.
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Amsterdam
Berlin
Lokal Anzeiger
Bremen
Russia
Grand Duke Michael Granted Freedom in Petrograd
Petrograd reports the Bolshevik government has released Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovitch from house arrest where he had been held since allegations of monarchist activity. Emperor Nicholas abdicated and named him regent. Michael, Nicholas’s brother, was designated regent after the abdication on March 5. He and his wife were arrested last September amid monarchist plot allegations.
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Petrograd
Grand Duke
Michael Alexandrovitch
Emperor Nicholas
Nicholas Romanoff
River Dredge Boat Sank At Fort Madison
Steamer Kinzer owned by Duluth Dredging company sank at Fort Madison in a Saturday gale on the Mississippi River. The crew escaped by swimming as waves crushed the hull.
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Fort Madison
Kinzer
Duluth Dredging Company
Mississippi River
Dry zone order set for March 26 effect
Secretary Daniels announced a five mile dry zone order for seven naval training camps stations and the academy will become effective March 26. The action aims to regulate alcohol use near key training sites and will affect personnel and visitors within the defined zone.
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Washington
Daniels
Slush Fund Raised For War On Prohibition
Washington report details more than 800000 dollars raised by the National German American Alliance for German relief before US entry. Funds routed to Dr Bernard Dernberg and Count von Bernstorff, with disbursement to German groups opposing prohibition. Witnesses tie alliance to broader anti prohibition efforts, noting 39,000 dollars passed to the alliance while rest funded other channels.
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Washington
National
United States
Dr. Dernberge
von Bernstorff
Dernberg
Dr. Dernberg
Lusitania
State Department
Great Britain
Germany
Alliance
National Association of Commerce and Labor
Percy Andreae
Chicago
Association
C. J. Hexamer
Philadelphia
Joseph Keller
Indianapolis
Ind
District of Columbia
National Resociation of Commerce and Labor
King
Pittsburgh
F. Tiarks
Baltimore
Andreae
Prices not feasible for government meat guides
Chicago March 10 The meat division of the food administration announced by committee appointed months ago that it is not feasible at this time for the government to publish meat prices for consumers.
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Chicago
Meat Division of the
Food Administration
Drake Given Medal for Farm Boys Reserve Work
Chicago reports Carleton T Clair Drake of Springfield awarded a gold medal for his works at summer on a farm as a member of the farm boys working reserve.
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Drake
Chicago
Carleton T Clair Drake
Springfield
Socialist Leaders Indicted by U S Grand Jury in War Claims
Victor L Berger former Wisconsin senator candidate Adolph Germer and Irwin Se Engdahl editor of the American Socialist of Chicago were indicted for obstructing recruitment and disloyalty under the espionage act. The case cites 269 alleged acts and accuses conspiracies to hinder war prosecution.
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Chicago
Victor L. Berger
Wisconsin
Adolph Germer
Socialist Parts
Irwin Se
John Tucker
J. Louis Eng Fahl
William F. Kruse
Federal Grand Jury
Clyne
Engdahl
American Socialist of Chicago
Kruse
Young People’s Socialist
Berger
United States
Congress
Europe
Stedman
Moore Stedman
National Socialist Party
American Socialist Party
Progress in steel shipbuilding campaign rising in February and March
The Shipping Board reports steady gains in steel shipbuilding. In February seventeen ships totaling 120900 tons were completed, nearly double January’s nine ships. March deliveries at the current pace are forecast at twenty three vessels totaling about 188275 tons.
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Washington
Shipping Board
Poor handwriting delays military pay and allowances
Washington dispatch reports that illegible handwriting in the military service causes major delays in February checks for pay and family allowances to dependents. When a name or address cannot be deciphered a query is sent through steady channels, requiring thousands of letters and extra office work that otherwise would have produced checks.
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Washington
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Trotzky
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