Retreat Not Halted As German Front Pressed
Report from the Marne area says German retreat continues with French troops advancing. Nivelle occupies Tergnier near La Fere while Cambrai remains twelve miles from British outposts. Verdun diversions persist and Macedonian front action grows under Sarrail. Persian raids push into Mesopotamia amid worsening weather. More Arab leaders desert the Turks.
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Serious Food Riots Reported in Berlin
Reuters reports rumors of serious rioting in Berlin over food scarcity. A dispatch from Oldenzaal says persistent rumors of riots exist and frontier regiments have reportedly left for Berlin to restore order.
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Russians Cross Mesopotamian Frontier as British Advance
Petrograd reports Russian troops pushing southwest from Sakkiz into Turkish territory and pressing the Turkish Persian army west of Kerman shah. British forces move up the Diala River reaching Bakubah thirty miles from Baghdad while pursuing Turks along the Tigris.
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President Wilson Calls Congress for Extra Session in 1917
President Wilson asks Congress to convene April 2 1917 to address grave national policy as Germany presses war on the United States. He aims to outline steps toward armed neutrality and possible war, with industry pledged to support national defense.
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Germans Search For Escaped German Crew In Philadelphia
Local authorities pressed a vig-orous search for a German officer and seamen believed to have escaped captivity from the Kronprinz Wilhelm and Prinz Eitel Friedrich. Police doubted they were drowned. A young German posing as a bargeman was arrested near a Japanese vessel loading ammunition at a Delaware River pier. Interred crews were expected to be moved to Forts McPherson and Oglethorpe Ga.
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Prinz Eitel Friedrich
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McPherson
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Five Die in Storm Near Delark Arkansas
Five people were killed and four seriously injured by a local tornado near Delark late last night. The dead include Mr and Mrs Charles Weatherington Arthur Herring Milton Hutcherson and Miss Mattie Hearn.
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Union League Club declares nation at war in wake of German action
The Union League Club in New York passes a war resolution urging the American people to face that war exists due to Germany. Attendees include Republican leaders Theodore Roosevelt Charles Hughes Elihu Root and Joseph Gate calling for decisive government action and an expeditionary force within months.
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Emergency Peace Federation backs Jordan against Wood speeches
The Emergency Peace Federation supports Dr. David Starr Jordan in opposing General Leonard Wood’s recent speeches. It labels multiple remarks by Wood as improper for an active officer. Wood replies that his Economic Club dinner remarks did not name any country and notes he has not spoken in California since 1912.
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Peace Move Plans Better Terms Amid Uprising Says Envoy
A Times dispatch from The Hague says German peace negotiators seek Britain’s stance on ending hostilities. They cite Russia’s revolution as changing the war’s dynamic and possibly yielding autonomy talks for Europe’s races. Reports also note arrests in Kiev and among German nobility in Russia, including the Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz and General Baron Fredericks.
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Provisional Government Appeals Russian Army in War
The Petrograd dispatch reports a proclamation signed by Premier Lyoff and War Minister Guchkoff appealing to the Russian army. It urges defense against external enemies and vows the army will maintain powers, solidarity and discipline to bring the war to a victorious end.
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New Russian Government to be Led by Council of Ministers
Petrograd reports say Russia’s government will be controlled solely by the council of ministers until a constitutional assembly is convened. The Duma will yield extraordinary powers to a cabinet headed by Prince Looff, amid speculation on republican or limited monarchic outcomes.
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San Antonio Weather Tonight and Thursday
For San Antonio and Vicinity the forecast calls for fair weather tonight and Thursday with no precipitation expected and mild temperatures.
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Vicinity
Forecasts by The Light for Major Cities
Weather notes from The Light give city by city temperatures and winds. St Louis 44 cloudy NW 8 mph. Chicago 40 clear NW 6 mph. Milwaukee 36 clear NW 6 mph. Kansas City 34 cloudy N 8 mph. New York 42 cloudy N 18 mph. Washington 50 cloudy E 4 mph with rain overnight.
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British Foreign Secretary Announces Arab Chiefrise Against Turks
In the House of Commons Foreign Secretary Balfour said a new Arab chieftain has risen against the Turks in Arabia. He added that the Turkish force near Aden has been isolated from its headquarters as the conflict intensifies.
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Czar and Czarina Placed Under Arrest
The Russian government declares the deposed emperor Nicholas II and his wife deprived of liberty and to be sent to Tsarskoe Selo. Nicholas leaves for Livadia in Crimea, with no signs of imminent civil war. The former empress, described as German, remains in question.
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Tsarskoe-Selo
Reuter
Petrograd
Nicholas Romanoff
S .Day
Livadia
Crimea
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Russia
Two Plead Guilty in Neutrality Case in New York
Albert Sander and Charles N. Wannenburg pleaded guilty to engaging in a military enterprise and sending spies to England for German authorities. They faced up to five years in a federal penitentiary and implicated George Vaux Bacon of St Louis who allegedly received funds and assistance for covert reporting. The case ties to the Central Powers War Film Exchange and spans activities back to 1916 with numerous newspaper men sent to Wagland and Ireland.
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Central Powers War Film Exchange
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Deutsches Journal
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Ireland
Jitney Driver Solon Grugsby Killed In Viaduct Crash
Dallas report states 16 year old Solon Grugsby died when his jitney plunged through a rail on the Oak Cliff viaduct and dropped to the railroad tracks below. The youth had been driving to raise money to join his brother on an Arizona ranch. his body was found after hours.
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