German and French combat reports of March 2 1916
Berlin reports strong French attacks in Champagne repulsed with heavy losses. German claims of trench gains and eighty prisoners in Argonne. Vosges advances held amid counterattacks. French heavy losses east of Celles. In the east Russian advances south of Augustowo failed. Paris notes quiet at sea to Aisne and German losses near Mesnil and in Lachapelleotte area.
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Berlin
Mar
Champagne
Argonne
Vosges
Celles
Augustawo
Paris
Aisne
Steloims
Ypres
Rheims
Perthes
Mesnil
Lachappelotte
Allies land detachments at Dardanelles as fort bombardment continues
London reports from Anhens say allied artillery detachments landed near destroyed Dardanelles forts with French flags raised. The fleet pressed bombardment of inner forts, a powder magazine exploded, many victims reported. Forts on the European side silenced while mine sweeping continues. Turkish forces number about 50,000 on the European side and 15,000 on the Asiatic. Athens notes renewed bombardment of inner forts. Over 100,000 Turks are reported along Gallipoli coast near Marmora. A Russian admiral joined the allied fleet in the straits.
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London
Exchange Telegraph Company
Anhens
Dardanelles
Fort Kilid Bahr
Athens
Taedes
Gallipoli
Marmora Sea
Constantinople
War tax imposed on Petrogard men under 43
A Renter dispatch from Petrogard reports a war tax on men immune from military service and under 43. The levy ranges from six rubles for incomes up to 500 dollars to one hundred rubles for incomes over 10,000 dollars.
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London
Petrogard
British Reports Bloodless Fray Near Ypres Patrols Hold Front
Sir John French reports enemy activity checked in Ypres area. Three nights patrols found the foe staying in trench lines. An early bombardment followed by an attack on our line was repulsed. Princess Patricia's Canadian infantry captured a German trench, killed eleven attackers, blew the trench, losses small. On the right near Labassee gains came from steady trench work and mastery of snipers reduced casualties.
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London
Sir John French
Information Bureau
Ypres
Princess Patricia
Labassee
Chicago Grand Opera Company Files Bankruptcy
The Chicago Grand Opera company filed a voluntary bankruptcy petition listing liabilities of 264400 and assets of 61600. Principal creditor Harold McCornick of Chicago holds promissory notes totaling 280000 representing currency advanced.
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Chicago
Mar
Chicago Grand Opera Company
Harold ¥. McCornick
Plan 2 Million Bridge Between Detroit and Belle Isle
Netroit Mich March 2 a new bridge costing about 2 000 000 will be built this year between Detroit and Belle Isle special bond issue will be voted on in the spring elections
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Detroit
Balle [Sie
No Extra Session Contemplated by President
Washington March 2 The president said he has abandoned plans for an extra session of the senate immediately after March 4 and has not seriously considered an October extra session of Congress.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
Congress
More Pleas Heard in State Court as Docket Grows
State must fund counsel for many defendants facing grave charges as district court resumes. Bootlegging cases dominate the docket with numerous prisoners unable to hire lawyers. Arraignments continue. Judge Gilheen plans to hear fault matters and several civil actions may be heard tomorrow.
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District Court
Gilheen
Pocatello Growth Praised by Visitor
C L Nelson, veteran newspaper man touring the city, claims Pocatello shows unmatched growth and activity among central states towns. He notes widespread new lumber and building materials, ongoing improvements, and says the city stands out as a source of pride for residents.
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Pocatello
Central States
C. L. Nelson
American School of Correspondence
Nelson
Towa
Nebraska
Anarchists Foiled in Vicious Dynamite Plot
New York detectives disrupted an anarchist plan to blow St. Patrick's Cathedral and unleash a citywide reign of terror. The plot targeted Carnegie Rockefeller Vanderbilt and other wealthy figures with bombs. Arrests included Frank Arbano or Emilio Polignan and Charles Carbone.
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New York
Mar
St. Patrick’s Cathedral
Andrew Carnegie
John D. Rockefeller
John D. Rockfeller, Jr
New York City
Carnegie
Rockefeller
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Frank Baldo
Baldo
Frank Arbano
Charles Carbone
Arbano
Rockesfeller
Vanderbilt
United States to Reply on War Material Neutrality Policy
Washington March 2 The United States will send a note to Great Britain and France clarifying how to carry out the policy of holding up supplies to Germany. The president said the British-French note was general and did not define methods. He affirmed the U S position on respecting American shipping of non contraband and neutrality even if a blockade exists.
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Washington, D. C
United States
Great Britain
France
Germany
Reconstruction Plan for Rheims Cathedral Outlined
Paris March 2 Guillaume Tronchet chief architect of the government says restoration of the Rheims cathedral is possible. He notes casts were long ago taken of damaged ornaments and precise documents exist to reconstruct the structure in every detail.
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Paris
Guillaume Tronchet
Cathedral of
Rheims
May Wheat Prices Close Higher in Chicago Trade
May wheat in Chicago closed at 1.42 and one half, high 1.48, low 1.41 and a quarter, reflecting gains in early March trading.
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Chicago, Ills
Films Taken of Front Maneuvers
Moving pictures taken at battle fronts are being collected and shown before generals and staff officers of the Austrian and Hungarian armies. The Austrian war ministry has set apart quarters in the building housing the ordinary war activities for the films. These will form part of the curriculum of the war academy.
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Vienna
Mar
Austrian War Ministry
War Academy
President weighs uncertain trip to San Francisco fair
The president said he is unsure about traveling to the San Francisco exposition this month and may stay in Washington due to the pressing European situation.
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Washington, D. C
Washington
Priest Dies of Battle Wounds in Vrigny
Paris March 2 The Rev Frere Jean Baptiste Jeanmarie died of wounds received in the Vrigny battle on November 12 He was the thirty first Redemptionist brother killed in the war His last words were I am not afraid to die I shall only regret not to have been able to say mass
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Paris
Frere Jean Baptiste Jeanmarie
Vrigny
Arkansawers Can Bet On Ponies Racing Bill Passes House
Little Rock March 2 The Sawyer racing bill as amended by the senate passed the house today creating a three member racing commission and legalizing betting via pair mutual machines. The measure now goes to the governor.
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Little Rock
Ark
Senate
House
Despondent Wife Dies After Taking Poison Quickly
Mrs J F Murray wife of a noted contractor died twenty minutes after taking half an ounce of potassium cyanide in a personal crisis yesterday afternoon at 4. Authorities say the dose was enough to kill many and the poison likely weakened by age while she remained conscious only briefly. She had phoned a physician and died before help arrived. Murray born Dallas Texas thirty six years ago had lived in Pocatello seventeen years. Survived by husband and siblings in Rose Hand Nebraska Nevada California and here. Funeral arrangements pending final date.
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J. F. Murray
Murray
P. N. Poole
Dallas
Texas
Pocatello
J. I. Murray
Rose Hand
Nebraska
Nevada
California
Willam Sebutt
Pocatello Creek
Dorothy Shea
Mar.ray Siece
Good Dog Truc Made Way Home From Front
Paris reports an ambulance dog named True a French shepherd captured by Germans who escaped after weeks in captivity and returned to his kennel in Paris, traveling over 100 miles.
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Paris
Madame Kresser
The
Ambulance Dog Society
Three-View Shell Causes Unseen Wounds
An artillery officer discusses the lethal effects of a three-view projectile. He notes soldiers died without visible wounds, later found to have tiny shell fragments penetrating vital areas and causing internal hemorrhages.
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Vans
Bronze statue of the emperor may yield metal
Geneva reports a meeting of iron manufacturers in Dusseldorf where Dr. Schuster proposed melting down bronze monuments to the emperor and royal family to solve Germanys metal shortage.
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Geneva
Mar
Dusseldorf
Schuster
Germany
Father and Son Jailed for Abusing Girl in Power County
In Power county district court Judge Guheen sentenced Charles F. Reed to three to ten years in the penitentiary and his son Guy Reed to the state industrial school at St Anthony until age twenty one. The 14 year old victim was their daughter and sister. The family, from Missouri, settled in Power county last year.
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Power
Guheen
St. Anthony
Charles F. Reed
Guy Reed
Missouri
Power County
Jeffries
American Falls
Pocatello
Gureen
Steamship line may open Seattle to Orient service
A Manila firm may establish a regular Seattle to Orient steamship service. M. Roco, agent, says Filipinos plan big liners and will compete with British and Japanese lines in Far East trade, building on coal trade operations in Chinese and Japanese waters.
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Seattle
Wash
Manila
Orient
M. Roco
Far East
Reading Railway Pleads Poverty
The Philadelphia and Reading railroad argues its business is losing money before New Jersey's public utility commission as its final hearing on proposed passenger fare increases proceeds in Trenton. Commuter lawyers opposing the hikes will present their argument.
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Trenton
N. J
Philadelphia and Reading Railroad
Public Utility Commission of New Jersey
Mine Explosion In West Virginia Entombs 160 Miners
An explosion at the New River and Poca hontas Consolidated Coal mine near Thurmond, West Virginia, entombed 160 miners. Rescue parties found one man unconscious near the entrance and another badly hurt a half mile away. Debris blocking passages will take hours to clear.
Naval Program 1 Agreed Upon by Confreres
Washington March 2. Naval bill conferees agreed on two battleships two ocean going submarines sixteen coast defense submarines six or more torpedo boat destroyers and one fuel oil ship. Senate amendment authorizing a million for an armor plate factory was stricken out.
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Washington, D. C
Naval Bill Confreres
Senate
Trust Buster Palmer May Prosecute Antitrust Cases
Philadelphia reports that upon leaving Congress, A Mitchell Palmer will return to Pennsylvania to practice law and serve as a special attorney for the Department of Justice to prosecute antitrust cases. The prior senatorial contest with Boies Penrose is noted and a spring senate committee inquiry is hinted.
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Philadelphia
I A
A. Mitchell Palmer
Washington
Pennsylvania
Department of Justice
Palmer
Boies Penrose
Senate
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Reading Railway
Naval Program
Penrose
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