Americans Raid German Trenches Near Toul In World War I
United Press reports the first exclusively American raid north of Toul in France with artillery support. After 45 minutes of bombardment the raiders crossed No Man's Land and penetrated first and second German lines, returning with seven German prisoners as dugouts and pill boxes were found undestroyed in places. The operation covered about 240 meters of trench, with some enemy positions still intact. The German side fired back as Americans called for surrender. Continued details noted on page ten.
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France
Toul
French Partic
Fred S. Ferguson
United Press
No Man's Land
Chicago airman killed behind German lines in France
W. J. Win, from Chicago, serving in the French aviation corps, was killed Friday night after falling within German lines. Thomas Hitchcock of Westbury, a Lafayette Rifle member, disappeared while engaging an enemy aircraft near the front and is believed captured.
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France
W. J. Win
Chicago
Viation Corps
Thomas Hitchcock
Westbury
Lafayette Rifle
Guns Taken From English Berlin Claims
British and allied forces report successes in Europe with detachments penetrating enemy lines near Armentieres and Meuse, returning prisoners and machine guns. Turkish forces retreating from Khan Bagdad suffer heavy casualties as British aviators strike during the retreat.
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Berlin
Lin
London
Armentieres
Meuse
of Ee
Don
Khan Bagdad
Lumna
American Patrol Breaks German Line in Lorraine
Paris dispatch reports American troops launched a determined incursive push into German lines in Lorraine as announced by the war department today detailing allied actions and frontline casualties or advances.
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Paris
Lorne
War Today
Tornado Ravages Northwestern Ohio Killing Nine
Red Cross relief moved to aid victims in Van Wert, Putnam, Henry and Hancock counties after a Saturday night tornado. Nine dead, 21 injured, four of them fatally. damage pegged at about 1 million dollars. Names of the deceased include Alexander Cominsky and Rexford Ley among others. Farm houses and barns destroyed while towns Convoy, Cloverdale, Miller City and Middlepoint reported damage. Neighbors from northwestern Ohio and eastern Indiana joined in relief, providing shelter and cattle relief.
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Toledo
Ohio
Red Cross
van Wort
Putnam, Henry
Hancock
Alexander Cominsky
Oscar J. Botta
Walter Eder
John Welsman
Vanwert
Rexford Ley
Middlepoint
Mra Chas
Green
Harry Perry
Mra
Chas
Goyer
Pearl Bott
Cloverdale
Convoy
Miller City
Indiana
Death of Camp Lewis Soldier Under Inquiry
Military officials investigate the death of Private Carl J. Sandahl whose body was found near the base hospital. Sandahl, treated for nervous disorders, was discharged from duty for physical disability and came to Camp Lewis from Montana.
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Camp Lewis
Carl J. Sandahl
Sandahl
Montana
Terrific Artillery Duel On British Line
German and British artillery clash along the British lines in a terrific duel. Front dispatches report German batteries shelling trenches while British guns retaliate with a broad volley of shells from multiple calibers.
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Tlondon
Bocie
Eight Socialists Sentenced to Long Terms at Camp Dodge
March 11 report from Camp Dodge states eight socialists from St. Paul were sentenced by a general court martial to 20 to 25 years at Leavenworth for refusing to wear a U S uniform and to sign enlistment papers.
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Camp Dodge
St. Paul
Leavenworth
Kan
U. S
Bolsheviks Shift to United Front Against Germans and Japan
Petrograd reports the government moving toward Moscow to organize resistance on all fronts. The Bolsheviks adopt the communist name and sign a treaty with the Finnish Red Guards. German abuses in occupied lands are detailed, with arrests, executions, and suppression of newspapers. Germans concentrate forces on the Orsha front as Russians prepare to defend Novozibkoff.
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Petrograd
Moscow
Germany
Japan
Social Democratic
Communist Party
Philip Scheidemann
Reichstag
Red Guards
White Guards
Finland
Landa
Bathonia
Riga
Smolny Institute
Hormel
Novozibkoff
Orsha
Russian Entry Talk Grips Tokyo As Siberian Situation Grows
In Tokyo reports say Harbin has become temporary headquarrters for the provisional Siberian government and Prince Looff is named as premier candidate. Japan awaits the foreign advisory council's first meeting since the crisis intensified. The air buzzes with mobilization talk as censors tighten. The allies weigh invasion options and America hesitates to risk Russian hostility. Harbin forms a strategic Manchurian rail hub with 30 000 residents, mainly Chinese.
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Ralph
United Press
Tokio
Peking
Harbin
Prince Looff
Foreign Advisory Council of
Japan
Siberia
America
Russia
Port Arthur
China
Vladivostok
Russian Public Opinion Marks Japan In Siberia
In Petrograd on March 10 the Pravda denounces Prince Lyvoff and organizers of a provisional Siberian government amid Western hesitation over Japan’s role in Siberia. It claims imperialist powers unite against the Russian revolution and warns landowners and capitalists against profiting from the invasion. The piece notes such efforts fail historically and threaten the country’s unity.
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United Press
Petrograd
Wilson
America
Japan
Siberia
Prince Lyvoff
Siberian
Pravda
Imperialista
Lorda
Capitalieta
Russia
War Savings Stamps urged to back US effort
A persuasive appeal compares wartime spending to historic costs and urges readers to invest savings in U S War Savings Stamps. It emphasizes the vast scale of government expenditures since entering the war and frames saving as a patriotic duty to support the nation and its soldiers.
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John 1 Rockefeller
Germany
Panama Canal
Alaska
Sam
U. S
Conservative leaders arrive at Vladivostok in covert plan
Messages from Irkutsk report conservative leaders and financiers in Vladivostok. It is alleged Japan and Russian factions agreed to occupy the coast with military forces. Director Hutiloff of the Russo-Asiatic bank is named as chief financier and a member of Looft's provisional Siberian government.
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Vladivostok
Irkutsk
Hutiloff
The
Russo-Asiatic Bank
Looft
Siberian
Woman forced to aid Bolshevik stowaway aboard Pacific port
March 11 Mrs J Rosten arriving in a Dutch liner from the Orient testified she was forced to harbor a Russian stowaway in her cabin for two days. He threatened her with death if she spoke. A crew member uncovered the man and a search found a second Bolshevik. They were landed at Honolulu.
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Pacific
J. Rosten
Orient
Bolsheviks’ 5 Million Ruble Commission Robbed in Siberia
Alfred Tellam, an American engineer back from Russia, reports a Bolshevik commission carrying 5,000,000 rubles to seek aid from China was overpowered by Cossacks at Chita, Siberia, recently and robbed and killed.
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San Francisco
Alfred Tellam
Russia
Manchuria
Chita
Siberia
Rumanian Aid to Austria Reported on Black Sea Front
Rumanians are already attempting to fulfill their obligation to aid the Austro German forces to occupy Odessa and other Black Sea coast points. They interfere with Russian Soviet troops trying to halt the invaders along the Azov Sea coast and near Odessa.
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Petrograd
Odessa
Black Sea
Sea of Azoff
Peace Treaty With Hun and Rumania Announced
London report states provisional German Rumanian peace has been completed. Foreign Secretary Balfour announced no information on Japanese troops landing in Siberia.
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London
Balfour
Siberia
Trotsky Resigns as Foreign Minister Reported
Washington dispatch reports confirmation that Leon Trotsky has resigned from the post of foreign minister of the Bolshevik government. The confirmation arrived at the state department via cablegram and substantiates earlier rumors.
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Washington
Leon Trotsky
State Department
Teuton Troops Land At Finnish Seaport
Stockholm reports two thousand German infantry have landed near Abo in a Finnish seaport, according to word received. This marks a sizable German force arriving on the Finnish coast amid tensions in the region.
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Teuton
Stockholm
Abo
Four Are Injured in Yard at Erickson Co. Yard
Four men, employees of the Erickson Construction Co., were injured when a guy wire on an aerial mast loosened and a moat fell, crushing them. Two severely hurt, one may die, while two others were treated at the plant. A. Anderson and J. Carlson among those hospitalized. incident at Idaho and Utah avenues.
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Erickson Construction Co
Idaho Et
Utah Ave
A. Anderson
27Th Ave
J. Carlson
Virginus Hotel
Providence Hocwepital
Courtsen
Erickson Co
Portland Hotel At Center Of Major Booze Ring
Federal officers say one of Portland’s largest hotels served as the base for a liquor smuggling ring. Six men were arrested including three hotel employees. Twelve salt cases of liquor were seized after the Oregon Express from San Francisco arrived. Individuals named include William Bradley, William Brice, H. H. Barker, A. A. Sikes, W. J. Hornville, and Malcolm, with porters directing shipments through passengers in disguise.
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Portland
Oregon Express
San Francisco
William Bradley
William Brice
H. H. Barker
A. A. Sikes
Union Depot
Billy Sunday Attacks German Goods and Nation’s Foes
Chicago reports Billy Sunday denounces Made in Germany products and attacks Kaiser era foes in first three Chicago sessions attended by 50 000. He urges crowds to rally with the flag of Christianity and country and leads 14 000 to stand while singing The Battle Hymn of the Republic.
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Chicago
Wm. Hohen Vollern
Billy
Germany
Congressmen Make Good Resolutions
Congress aims to conclude the first war year by April 6 with major war bills cleared from the slate. Leaders say daily work will replace delays, seeking to finish all but appropriation and secondary bills. The House will devote limited time to the railroad control conference report.
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Martin
United Press
Washington
Congress
House
Brazil appoints delegate to buy coal shipments
Rio de Janeiro reports Silva Ferrere, sub-director of the Central railway, is named delegate in the United States for purchasing and supervising coal shipments to Brazil. The appointment was announced today.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Silva Ferrere
Central Railway
United States
Brazil
Senator Chamberlain Returns From Surgery Trip
Oregon Senator Chamberlain fully recovered from appendicitis surgery leaves Washington for Atlantic City for a week before resuming duties in the senate.
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Washington
Chamberlain
Oregon
Atlantic City
Senate
Serviceable clothes needed for Belgian relief drive
A broad appeal urges the public to donate worn and surplus garments to aid Belgium after wartime devastation. Herbert Hoover, as head of relief, coordinates through the American Red Cross to collect, ship to Atlantic ports, and distribute shoes blankets and clothing from March 18 to 25.
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Mae Marsh
Belgium
Red Cross
United States
Herbert Hoover
Commission For Relief
American Red Cross
Atlantic Seaboard
H. P. Davison
Red Cross War Council
Baker collides with French laborer in Paris greeting
In Paris Gen. Pershing, Gen. Bliss and officials greeted American Secretary of War Baker as he arrived by train at 6:30 a.m. A French laborer bumped into him near the automobile exit. Both touched hats and moved on. Crowds gathered while reporters urged an on the spot interview, which Baker declined.
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Paris
Aker
Gen. Pershing
Baker
Clemenceau
Poincare
Pershing
Bliss
When He Came Back Promised Bride Vanished
Seetal Ran, a high caste Hindu, hunted Oakland for Lurine after a plan to marry failed. He learned his shoes caused pain en route to the clerk's office and followed advice to stretch them. Returning, Lurine was gone, leaving him puzzled about what happened to her.
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Ran
Oakland
Lurine
Ford Plans Second Submarine Killer Plant
Detroit March 11 Henry Ford will build a second submarine killer plant costing over 1,000,000 on a 50 acre site on the Lincoln highway between Newark and New York. The plant will duplicate the one under construction here and will produce U boat killer craft in large numbers.
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Detroit
Mich
Henry Ford
Lincoln Highway
Newark
N. J
New York
Ford
Youth Accidentally Shot Playing With Gun
Ronald Sloth a Ballard youth was accidentally shot Monday morning by a 22 rifle he was toying with. He was taken to the city hospital where the wound was pronounced not serious. He lives with his mother at 17th Ave Northwest and West 54th Street.
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Ronald Sloth
Ballard
City Hospital
Young Sloth
17Th Ave
N. W
West 54Th St
Dry forces plan to force Chicago saloon vote
Chicago on March 11 temperance groups prepared to file mandamus to compel an election April 2, seeking to oust about six thousand saloons as the election commission was expected to declare the dry petition invalid within 48 hours.
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Chicago
Election Commission
Thirteen Lost When Tugram Sinks Near New Orleans
A Mississippi River tugboat W. A. Bisso sank after ramming a Mexican oil tanker near New Orleans. Thirteen people, mostly Black, were lost in the disaster reported March 11. The same date notes a call for reports from the comptroller of the currency on condition of national banks as of March 4.
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New Orleans
W. A. Bisso
Mississippi River
Here
Washington
Soldiers to Siberia Dispatch Ordered by Peking
The cabinet in Peking decided to send 40 000 Chinese troops to Siberia. An expedition cost of 10 000 000 yen was approved through a foreign loan.
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Rio
Peking
Siberia
German Co operation with Bolsheviks in Siberia raises Siberia risk
Official reports claim German war prisoners are drilling near Utsk and that Austrian prisoners are aided by certain Russian elements in Siberia. Japan cites this to explain its alarm over growing danger in the region.
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Washington
Siberia
Asiatic
Russia
Nikolai Lenine
War Department
Utsk
Japan
Japan Moves to Mobilize War Factories
Tokio march 11 government introduces a bill in the diet to mobilize and requisition all war supply factories. It would place under state control arms and ammunition plants ship and airship construction clothing producers fodder and hospital supplies. The measure also provides conscription of labor for these factories.
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Tokio
Diet
Fear Steamer Wrecked With 50 On Board
The fishing steamer N. J. R. IIL with 50 passengers aboard is believed to have foundered after a Sunday gale. It left Sheepshead Bay for fishing banks off Reach and was to refuel yesterday. no word has been heard. Harbor patrol boats and naval vessels search for the steamer.
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New York
N. J. R. Iil
Sheepshead Bay
Two U S Naval Airmen Die in France Accident
American naval aviators Andrew D. Skaggs landsman for quartermaster and Leo Harvie boatswain's mate first class were killed in an aeroplane crash in France. Skaggs hailed from Newbern Tennessee and Harvie's sister resides in Cincinnati.
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Washington
France
Navy Department
Andrew DD. Skaggs
Leo
Harvie
Skaggs
Newhbern
Tenn
Cincinnati
Eleven Die as Move House Fire Collapses Movie House
Winchester Kentucky March 11 11 killed when walls of a burned building collapsed on a movie house Saturday night. Twenty three others injured many likely to recover. most victims were children.
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Winchester
Initiative measures to be discussed at Commonwealth club
The Commonwealth club meets Monday at 6 30 p m at Good Eats cafe for a discussion of initiative measures No 31 Marketing and Transportation by C J France Anti Injunction Initia tive 32 by Wm Short Nonpartisan No 33 by W D Lane.
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Commonwealth Club
Good Eats
C. J. France
Wm. Short
W. D. Lane
Local arrests raise investigation into two suspected slackers
Leslie Wardell, 28, of Alcetrag Island, and C. W. Carlson from Finland were arrested Monday morning and held for investigation as slackers.
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Alcetrag Island
C. W. Carlson
Hala
Finland
Monda
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