German raider Seeadler sinks eleven ships in South Atlantic
Survivors report a German raider Seeadler with two 105 mm guns and sixteen machine guns sinking eleven merchantmen in the South Atlantic. The raid sailed from Germany December 22, escorted by a submarine, and reached Brazilian waters near Rio de Janeiro in early March, carrying sixty four crew under Count Akner.
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Rio de Janeiro
North Sea
South Atlantic
Gambronne
Cambronne
Rio Janeiro
Brazil
Journal de Brazil
Count Akner
Germany
Range Feud in Arizona Strip Sparks Sheep Poisoning
Salt Lake City reports a range feud across the Arizona Strip and Washington Kane county ranges where 800 head of sheep were poisoned and two camps burned. Sheepmen allege rivals seek grazing land for cattle, but no proof has been offered to substantiate the charges.
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Salt Lake City
Arizona Strip
Washington
Kane
C. B. Stewart
Utah State Woolgrowers' Association
Catte
Governors Ask For Recruits For Navy Request
Utah, Idaho, and Montana governors were asked to proclamations to supply recruits for the U.S. Navy before April 2000. Montana is set for 300 recruits, Utah 260, and Idaho 240, under a defense effort reported in Salt Lake City. A Fremdenblatt interview quotes Count Oxerumn saying the Entente could accept an honorable peace with the Central Powers at any time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake City
Utah
Ioho
Montana
Navy Department
United States Navy
Idaho
Amsterdam
Avienna
Germans Hold Fifty Americans
Copenhagen dispatches confirm fifty Americans captured by German raider Moewe are detained in camps after two seamen arrived there with the report of the raid and the detention.
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Washington
Copenhagen
Germany
Rolder Moewe
Spain Delivers Supplies to Syrkh Leadership
The Spanish king offers Paula Abipe to carry relief supplies to Syrkh and release two American captives, Mal Vool Capgmr and Dew Moises, from duty. The United Bratow accepts the proposal and waives further duties for the captives.
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Spain
Paula
Syrkh
Capgmr
Dew Moises
Alemandres
Public flogging of rebel prisoners shocks Chihuahua City
Seventy rebel prisoners captured during Wilin’s failed March 10 assault on the city were publicly flogged the next day. The act served as a warning to Wilin sympathizers and the local population amid the ongoing unrest.
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Chihuahua City
Wilin
Thie Elty
Canada War Loan Subscriptions Reported Near One Million
Canadian and American sources indicate war loan subscriptions in Ottawa Ontario exceeded the 1600000 mark, with Canadian debentures approaching one million dollars and continued interest from American subscribers.
German Raider Sinks Vessels Near Trinidad Claims Many Sailors Lost
The French bark Cambronne with 1863 tons sailed from Trinidad toward Rio de Janeiro reports a German armed sailing ship with a gasoline motor attacked and sank several vessels. Survivors from French, English, and Italian crews describe the raider flying a Norwegian flag before firing until crews surrendered and sailors were captured. The Cambronne's fate and the raider's identity remain unclear as weather and long voyage conditions are noted.
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Trinidad
Ablp
Venezuela
Atlantic Ocean
Caribbean Sea
Rio Janeiro
France
Forty Americans Held by German Raider Moewe
Copenhagen reports Jack Benson an American seaman arriving with word that more than forty Americans were captured by the German commerce raider Moewe and are now prisoners of war in Germany. Benson, once a prisoner, says most captives were horsemen from the Esmeraldas, sunk by the Moene, with one American named Smith aboard the British Brecknockshire.
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Copenhagen
Germany
Moewe
Jack Benson
Benson
Smith
Swiss Parliament Votes No Peace Move Now
The Swiss parliament, by 88 to 22, decided that Switzerland should make no move toward peace at present after reviewing both majority and minority reports from a commission studying potential peace initiatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berne
Switzerland
Switzer
Cuban Rebels Surrender In Oriente Province
Virtually all rebels led by Rigoberto Fernandes in Oriente province totaling between five hundred and six hundred surrendered to Colonel Verona at Guantanamo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
Rigoberto Fernandes
Oriente
Verona
Guantanamo
Kernan Promoted to Brigadier General Succeeds Liggett
Col Francis J. Kernan receives promotion to brigadier general from the president, succeeding Gen Hunter Liggett in the rank. The move elevates Kernan within the U.S. Army leadership as Liggett steps aside.
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Kernan
Hunter Liggett
Submarine Net Contracts Let to Steel & Wire Firm
Washington reports orders have been issued to American Steel & Wire Company of Philadelphia for the immediate construction of 100 steel rope submarine nets at a unit cost of 1 881 dollars each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
American Steel & Wire Company of
Philadelphia
Berlin Germans Pioneering Grain Substitutes From Linden Buds
A Berlin report describes a method to extract a germ substitute from linden buds and beech, claimed to yield a product matching barley flour in crude value and fat content. The note cites experimental steps and potential uses in baking and brewing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Germany Says It Does Not Want War With America
German chancellor Bethmann Hollweg declares Germany has never intended to attack the United States and does not desire war, blaming Britain for blockade policy and noting that if the U S moves toward war, Germany will bear and overcome it. He says the United States will decide war or peace in congress convened by President Wilson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Germany
United States of America
United States
America
Bethmann Hollweg
Wilson
Congress
England
Lanning
Whch
Census of technical waterproofs urged by national defense council
Will Spare Seientiats Washington says the bureau of mines conducts a census of technical waterproofs at the request of the council of national defense to avoid risking soldiers on the firing line as Europeans have done.
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Seientiats
Washington
United States
Selentiata
Bureau of Mines
Council of National de Fance
Brookings Man Accused of Threats Toward President Wilson
Brookings county authorities accuse a man, identified as Jobo Fichmidt, of calling President Wilson vile names and threatening to kill him at the freet coportanity. He is held for further questioning and possible charges in relation to the threats.
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Brookings
D. D
Brookings County
Wilson
Jobo Fichmidt
Passenger Coaches Overturned in Colorado Train Crash
Four passenger coaches overturned near Telluride as a Denver and Rio Grande railroad train derailed. Four persons were seriously injured and others hurt in the wreck that disrupted Montrose area service.
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Montrose
Colo
Denver & Rio Grande Railroad
Telluride
Labor Mobilization Plan If War Gomes
Labor chiefs and Secretary Wilson met to map a plan for mobilizing workers in wartime. The talks aimed to ensure government shipyards arsenals and contract plants stay staffed with sufficient labor, drawing on England’s experience to avoid postwar upheaval. Gompers Pledges AFL support. US Employment Service Civil Service Commission and Post Office will supply workers and advertise needs. Council of National Defense labor committee chaired by Gompers will cooperate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Germany
Wilson
England
American Federation of Labor
Samuel Gowpers
United States Public Employment Service
Civil Service Commission
Post Office Department
Council of National Defense
Gompers
Woman Slayer Vindicated in Denver Murder Trial
Wealthy society woman Stella Newton Moore Smith was found not guilty of murdering her husband John Lawrence Smith. The killing occurred January 14 after a night of alleged torture and threats against Mildred, Smith’s 12 year old daughter from a former marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Mra
Stella Newton Moore Smith
John Lawrence Smith
Smith
Mildred
Senator A A Jones A Life In brief From Tennessee to Interior
Senator A A Jones of Thomas is described as a lawyer and banker born in Tennessee. Since 1913 he has served as assistant secretary of the Interior, marking a long career in public service.
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Genator
Andriacus Aristicus Jones
Thomas
Tennessee
Auc
Interior
W. W. Membera Must Hike Kansas City
Reventinen members of the Industrial Workers of the World were fined $100 and $200 by the municipal court but stays of execution were ordered provided they leave their own.
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W. W
Kansas City
Industrial Workers of the
Wari
Albany Senate Passes Brows Bill On Fort Worth Lands
The senate approved the brows bill to appropriate 2,600,000 dollars to cover all expenses for lands sought by the federal government for the fort site, aligning with state action in Albany and Fort Eite.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Guy Menkaway
Fort Eite
Albany
Fort Aite
Senate
Germany Mobilizes for 1917 Campaign Amid Manpower Strain
Enser calls for more men as German mobilization tightens. Germany extends service age beyond forty five and retains many older soldiers for front line duty while industrial mobilization accelerates. Von Hindenburg’s plan remains secret as leaders weigh east or west offensives and strategic reserves.
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Germany
Ber UN
Mow
Yoo Hindenburg
Landstrum
Field Marshal von Hindenburg
Germany Given Every Chance in War Decree Admission
Washington heard a secretary Zimmermann speech admitting US knowledge in mid January of Germanys submarine decree and a three day window to modify it before diplomatic ties were cut. Count von Bernstorff allegedly knew two weeks earlier and tried to have it repealed.
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Washington
Zimmermann
United States
United Sates
Germany
Count von Bernatorff
Department
Youth Found SLAIN in Snow Near Dry Canyon
In Salt Lake City a 17 year old cattle herder Raymond Johnston was found slain in a ravine basin after a bullet wound to the chest beneath more than a foot of snow. A revolver with an empty chamber and shell were found nearby. his horse was tied near an oak shrub 75 yards down canyon. Police suspect murder. The report also notes German reservists concentrating on the Mexican Salvador frontier and a wireless telegraph plant shipped to Salvador from Mexico to contact Germany.
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Salt Lake City
Raymond Johnston
Guatemala City
Salvador
Mexico
Pisaitie
Geremany
Mexico Seizes Rail Line Between Mexico City and Veracruz
The government again took control of the Mexico City to Vera Cruz railroad, previously returned to British-backed stockholders last November after nationalization two years earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
Mexico City
Vera Crus
Wheli Ie
Soldier Shoots Tramp in Ohio Guard Incident
Report from Sandusky details a Sixth Infantry guard action where a soldier fatally wounded a tramp who refused to halt at a guard post. The line of events is unclear due to damaged OCR but points to a fatal confrontation during duty.
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Sandusky
Ohio
Sixth Infantry Regiment
Ohio National Guard
Women Vote Reform Gains Backing In War Moment
In a March debate the Commons approved a reform plan to grant women the vote as recognition of wartime sacrifices. The conference recommendations were endorsed by Asquith and Bonar Law, with Lloyd George backing broader eligibility. A small opposition failed to block the move.
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London
Knowe of Commons
Asquith
Andrew Bonar Law
Lloyd George
Commons
Bonar Law
Miner Fights Police in Salt Lake Attack Scene
Salt Lake City reports a miner from Bingham named Fat Smith intoxicated and attacking a young woman. Patrolman J P Emery, nearly five years on the force, was shot in the throat while trying to intervene. The assailant struck Mrs Bessie Spencer and a shot grazed Mrs Jennie Bishop.
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Salt Lake Day
Bingham
Smith
J. P. Emery
Salt Lake
Searching Out Spies Government Employes and Police Watch
Virtually the entire federal civilian workforce about 100000 men and women have been summoned to aid the Bureau of Investigation and the Secret Service in detecting spies and thwarting plots against the United States. The call to duty covers employees across all branches as part of a broad security effort involving federal authorities and local law enforcement.
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Washington
Bureau of Investigation
Secret Service
United States
Bryan Urges Senate Action to Halt German Submarine War
Miami March 29 William J. Bryan addressed Congress urging suspension of Germanys submarine campaign and adoption of the Bryan peace plan which calls for an international tribunal to settle disputes before war.
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Bryan
Miami
Fla
William J. Bryan
Senate
House of Representatives
Germany
Revolution Fostered by Bermans in New Orleans
General Juvon Irie, a Nicaraguan revolutionist, was arrested for being in the United States illegally and is believed to be held for investigation of a possible conspiracy of similar magnitude. The alleged plot is said to be aided by German influences in Latin America.
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Orleans
Juvon Irie
United States
Latin America
Mexico to Resume Payment of Foreign Debts
Mexico City announces that Congress will convene to introduce legislation resuming and paying government debts. The plan covers about $20,000,000 in back interest on the Mexican National Railway bonds and roughly $40,000,000 in arrears on foreign loans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
Congress
Inter Oal
Mexico
Indorees Jewish Relief Fund Telegram Supports War Sufferers Aid
Washington President telegraphed support for a $10,000,000 Jewish relief fund aiding war sufferers. He declared the Russian revolution opened doors to freedom and urged encouragement for those seeking aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indorees
Washington
Wilaeutine
Indorsinghe
Spain Establishes Censorship Amid Contested Reforms
Madrid reports a new government censorship bureau to control propaganda across provinces. Georgia passes "Bane Dry" bill barring liquor use for certain public and religious functions, as state lawmakers approve measures on March 24.
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Spain
Madrid
Giorgia
Bollowees
Georgia
Cuban Mabale Riga Circus Arrives Amid Turmoil Report
Report notes a New York Cuban circus arrival amid unrest linked to Edward and Lois Meiniey, with several men present. The fragmentary text mentions Haitian or Cuban links and a crowd of onlookers and guards as the show sets up in the city.
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New York
Girous
Edward and
Lois Meiniey
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Arizona
Navy
Canada
Weasel
Col
Francis J. Kernan
Buch
Reichstag
National Progressive Party
Matthew Hale
Gt. Laoula
Witeon
Meane
A. A. Jones
Enser
Mer
Min Bayond
Lonely Canyon
Garmane
Branayilie
Lnd
Bt. Paul
Gtureckfue
Moe
Miner
Bermans
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