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Newspaper
The Kemmerer Camera
Location
Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1917
Page
16
Navy yards ready to arm merchant ships upon telegraphic orders from President Wilson. Three to six weeks needed to equip submarines with gun mounts and ammunition, with full complement possible for each armed ship under Senate bill. Tug liners to carry 6 inch guns for war and defense against submarines.
London reports Gen Frederick B Maurice asserts war could extend over another winter due to immutable military strategy. He cites Napoleon and Lee as enduring models guiding future actions and claims Robert E Lee remains among history's great commanders despite defeat.
Viscount Mutune and Viscount Motono state Japan did not receive or consider any offer from Mexico or Germany to join a war against the United States. They call the notion ridiculous and say Japan would not abandon its allies. Mexico would not trust such a proposal to Japan if it existed.
Federal grand jury indicts Albert A. Sanded Carl W. Waanenberg and George Vans Bacon for a conspiracy posing as US newspaper correspondents to pass civil and military data to Germany via Great Britain. Also notes Dutch use of potato flour for bread and women mail carriers in Paris as an experimental program.
A May incident in Los Beach California saw the municipal pier superstructure collapse during a celebration, killing forty people. The city was deemed liable for the damages from the disaster, which ended on a Friday with legal action pending.
A Washington report highlights waves of recruiting gains tied to ongoing operations. Analysts note strategic shifts in staging and support affecting timelines and potential outcomes.
President Wilson reports to the Senate that the United States possesses evidence authenticating the January 19 1917 German note to Mexico and Japan. Secretary Lansing’s report states the evidence was obtained this week and may not be released further, citing public interest.
Joseph H. Choate, famed New Yorker, marked his eighty fifth birthday with family. A nurse reportedly refused permission for him to leave bed to receive congratulations, as a new photograph of Mr. Choate appeared.
Persistent gurgiare and Pla Robbera reportedly robbed the First National Bank vault in Dayton Tuesday. An estimated amount of population was stolen while an intruder gained entry through a rear window and drilled a hole near the vault top.
A man in a local residence killed his three children as they slept and then died soon after in hospital. Police and investigators are examining the circumstances of the deadly incident and reporting on the events surrounding the tragedy.
Congress backed President Wilson with a 403 to 13 vote to arm merchant ships and authorize a $100 million bond issue. The measure excludes use of other instrumentalities, pending Senate action, while officials reiterated support for the president and the administration’s war aims amid Germany’s alleged intrigue with Mexico and Japan.
Baltimore reports a concession halted a planned strike by stevedores and marine transport workers after wage demands. In Washington, trials of the nation’s rail systems advanced as the council of defense plans sought government operation of transportation interests in wartime.
Mrs Mathew Maury wife of former First Lady Woodrow Wilson's supporter died in Roanoke on Monday afternoon following surgery for peritonitis. She was 61 and had been ill only a few days.
Fragmentary report shows the Cunard liner Laconia from New York to Liverpool, with two Americans killed when torpedoed by a German submarine. Details on timing and rescue unclear due to damaged OCR text.
Fifteen miners were killed and fifteen more missing after a monster snowslide struck the North Star mine bunkhouse of Federal Mining & Smelter Co in Hailey Idaho on February 26. The two story bunkhouse 30 by 60 feet housed forty five men who were sleeping when disaster struck collapsing the lower floor and dragging the structure down the mountainside. Rescue crews recovered the bodies and the injured were treated after the wreckage was found in the wrecked bunkhouse.
The French minister and the Belgian chargé d affaires, representing the entente nations, invited China to join the war. They offered remission of the Boxer indemnity and a revision of tariff incentives to secure participation.
In France the village of Petit Mirau Mont south of the Ancre was entered by British forces after an advance southeast of Miraumont per an official war office statement. The piece also notes Francis A Connolly of Connally Go and Rob ert W Galling, president's brother in law, photographed on the stand before the house rules committee in the lamb inquiry.
Mexico City announces Musica ambassador to the United States will depart for Washington this week. He will be accompanied by Juan B. Bajo, a senior secretary from Vieembanny, on the trip.
The Associated Press reports Germany planned alliance with Mexico and Japan to attack the United States if neutrality persisted. Zimmermann’s instructions proposed joint war and peace, with Mexico reconquering New Mexico Texas and Arizona, and negotiations routed through von Eckhardt in Mexico City.
An anonymous report claims no two Washington newspapermen were responsible for a leak on President Wilson's peace note. The allegation was presented to the house by Rules Committee Chairman Henry.
A report details a trapper operating in the marshes near Valley Springs Nevar Hig over 00 tHiMikrats to Wieerowit in the months. It mentions wool production declines in Oregon and pota to storage in Seattle and Yakima valley car counts. Police pursue a Billings forger linked to Ogden losses. a coyote bite incident in Mason Nebraska is recorded.
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