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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1917
Page
2
Henry P. Fletcher meets Mexican officials as the United States outlines a plan to keep neutral countries from joining the European war. The note mentions a German plot to involve Mexico and Japan, while Washington pledges no embargo on neutrals and supports efforts toward continental peace.
Dartmoor prisons on the Prince of Wales estate will be emptied and transformed into barracks for a regiment of conscientious objectors. They will work on agricultural schemes under the war department. The prisons, built to hold American and French prisoners during past conflicts, have seen mutinies over bread rations. No reopening as a detention center is planned due to isolation and climate.
A government committee report to foreign affairs and the interior details religious conditions in China. It lists 2,717 Christian churches and 4,288 chapels, 181 hospitals, nine missionary colleges, 171 mission schools, 2,671 missionary primary schools, and numerous Young Men's Christian Association branches. The data cover 1,836 male and 2,716 female foreign missionaries, over 8,381 native preachers, 1,108 Bible women, 1,79 teachers, and 186,130 students in mission schools.
In ancient times the hilly ranges of Lebanon and Palestine harbored leopards. Today they occasionally appear in Lebanon again, and the cheetah is tamed by the Slehanmedans of Syria who use it to hunt gazelle.
In Petrograd, the imperial reactionaries led by Protopopov and former Premier Stakhin were seized during a raid at the Admiralty. The group faced treason charges after a failed attempt to resist, and were jailed by the remaining loyal regiment guarding the palace.
London reports the City of Memphis Illinois and Vigilancia sunk by German subs. Fourteen Vigilancia crewmen and several City of Memphis sailors missing. Vigilancia torpedoed without warning while City of Memphis sunk after carrying 9,653 bales of cotton from New York. Liverpool owners' group blasts state control as wasteful, urges radical import curtailment and tonnage reduction to avert shortages.
British official eye witness recounts the Reritch offensive in mid February clearing the Diabra Loop of the Tigri s. Turkish gunners fired on their own troops to stop mass surrenders as 2000 plus Turks surrendered after bombardment and open-field advances.
Sanara municipal council approves a million roubles for a new university. Ekaterinburg to host a School of Mines by autumn and a road aid bridge building school under the roads and bridges department. A new agriculture school is planned at Ekaterinburg. Also notes that black willow and aspen trees are common to California and eastern states.
A London dispatch reviews unrest in Petrograd over food shortages. Crowds protested, police used machine guns, 300 killed or wounded. Cossacks joined the populace, the Provisional Government took control with little disorder. The Winter Palace held, then fell without royal violence.
An ad warns spring colds worsen with temperature changes and urges use of Dr Kings New Discovery. It promises relief from stuffed head sore throat and irritated membranes and cautions against stopping early to avoid a lingering cold.
The article names Prince George Loyoff as new premier and Grand Duke Nicholas as potential commander in chief. General A. A. Brusiloff leads Russian armies on the western front, while Prof. Paul N. Milikoff is noted as foreign minister in the new Cabinet.
India is increasingly bearing wartime duties with central officials focused on war. Restrictions curb travel for women and children to England, and food imports from England to India are limited. Rail mileage and coal use shrink to conserve resources, while Cawnpore Woolen mill donates 23,000 pounds in extra war profits and commits 200,000 pounds of reserves to the war loan.
The term lancet appears only once in the Bible, I Kings xvii 28, where it denotes a light spear or bet javelin rather than the common surgical blade. The passage centers on linguistic meaning rather than medical usage.
Washington reports that Secretary Daniels and major press groups agreed on voluntary government censorship to withhold or restrict information that could aid an enemy. The plan covers naval movements and armed merchant craft while allowing reporting of ship arrivals and any news about ships sunk. Major McArthur Belknap and a State Department representative will draft tentative rules for coast and interior papers to review before formal promulgation.
The report details how mud in the rainy season floods in spring and heat in summer and early autumn disrupt Mesopotamian campaigns. It notes transport challenges, improved supply by lightening loads, and comparisons to the Punjab and Indus regions, predicting better conditions with increased facilities.
The representative Japanese organization led by Prince Tokugawa calls for public subscriptions across the empire to aid the Entente, noting millions suffer without counting the dead and wounded. The commission will travel to Europe to distribute the funds.
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