Sanguinary Fight in Carpathians
Berlin reports a major and bloody battle in the Carpathians with heavy fighting expected to continue for days. Przemysl forces are engaged, while German troops repulse a Russian attack near Le Pretre forest and push north from Memel. Polangen sees 500 Russians captured with guns. patrols seize 2500 men and five machine guns. Prinz Eitel Friedrich receives the order of Pour le Merite.
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Berlin
Carpathians
Lokal Anzeiger
Przemysl
Vistula River
Bugnarew
le Pretre
Memel
East Prussia
Polangen
Pstrolenka
Prinz Eitel Friedrich
Emperor William
German sea and land forces bombarded Polangen area
The war office announced German naval units supported land operations north of Memel. They shelled the village and castle of Polangen and continued firing on the road from Polangen to Liban, reinforcing actions in the region.
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Berlin
War Office
Memel
Polangen
Liban
Panama Moves to Import Mormon Colony Lands
John Q. Critchlow, a Mormon church leader, oversees plans to relocate a large Mormon colony to Panama’s Chiriqui province. President Porras supports aiding settlers, with government lands to be sold at minimal prices, and private plots to be acquired at reasonable costs. Critchlow has scouted sites near David La Concepcion and Boquete in western Panama.
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Panama
Associated Press
Mexico
Chiriqui
Porras
John Q. Critchlow
Church
Salt Lake City
Isthmus
David, la Concepcion
Boquete
Widow of Stonewall Jackson Dies in Charlotte at 84
Mrs Mary Anna Jackson widow of General Stonewall Jackson died today in Charlotte North Carolina at age eighty four after months of illness. Funeral services will be held there tomorrow with public buildings schools and business places closed. The body will be moved to Lexington Virginia with a military escort to rest beside her husband.
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Charlotte
N. C
Mary Anna Jackson
Weather Summary for Western States
The weather report notes fair conditions in Washington with light frost in the east. Idaho shows fair skies and cooler air in the east and south with light frost. Montana remains partly cloudy and cold tonight with clearing to fair conditions Thursday.
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Washington
Idaho
Montana
Officials Face Embezzlement Charge Over $100000 Bond Issue
In Blaine County a formal complaint accuses Chairman Horn Hailey Mayor Plughoff President Curtis and deputy clerk L A Duvall of embezzling $10000 not turned over from a bond issue. Attorney Chase Clark and a Boise firm represent the defendants with county and state lawyers aiding the case.
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Blaine County
Chase Clark
Mackay
Pocatello
Hailey
Horn
Board of County Commissioners
Plughoff
Curtis
First National Bank
L. A. Duvall
Curtis and Duvall
Clark
Sullivan & Sullivan of
Boise
McFadden & Brodhead
Torn
Clark and
Ensign & Angell
Perkins
Harry Holden
Idaho Falls
Hedrick
Making Bread of Rye Straw Invention Attracts Attention
Berlin reports the straw bread by Dr. Hans Friedenthal gains notice in the Lokalanseiger. The straw flour yields 700 calories per two pounds and contains protein, minerals, and nitrogenous matter. It can also make soups and broths with fine flavor, seen as German enterprise during import restrictions.
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Berlin
Associated Press
Hans Friedenthal
Lokalanseiger
England
Must AVOID THE SUPPLY SMUGGLERS
Washington D C Mar 24 All British cruisers have been ordered to refrain from taking supplies from neutral countries to avoid neutrality breaches in American waters and the Caribbean Pacific and South Atlantic regions.
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Washington, D. C
American
Caribbean
Pacific
South Atlantic
Butte Fire Chief Dead in California
San Jose California March 24 Peter Sanger chief of the Butte Montana fire department died in a hospital here following injuries from a January fire run in Butte The accident occurred during a blaze that year and led to his passing.
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Butte
California
San Jose
Cal
Peter Sanger
Mont
Persian Fans Threaten Americans Amid Uramigh Crisis
American Consul F W Smith reports missionaries and refugees in danger at Uramigh Persia where Raghib Bey leads 700 Askaris in a reported uprising against the American mission. Secretary Bryan pledges protection though no direct action yet. closest US forces Tennesse and North Carolina are in Mediterranean waters unable to reach the scene.
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Wasington
D. C
F. W. Smith
Batam
Russia
Tiflis
State Department
Uramigh
Persia
Raghib Bey
Askaris
Bryan
Tennesse
North Carolina
Mediterranean
Patentee Cannot Fix Retail Price, Judge Rules
New York March 24 Judge Hand denied the right of a patentee to set retail prices for a patented article. The Victor Talking Machine company sought to stop a local department store from underselling its records. Hand dismissed the federal suit.
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New York
Hand
Victor Talking Machine Company
Victor Company
Oklahoma Farmers Move to Idaho for Irrigated Land
A group of thirty seven Oklahoma farmers arrived in Salt Lake City en route to Twin Falls Idaho and nearby valleys to take up irrigated farming. Led by I B Perii of Twin Falls, more Oklahoma farmers are expected within thirty days. The emigrant train will carry household goods and farm hands to care for stock en route.
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Salt Lake
Oklahoma
Twin Falls
Ida
Cae Valley
Uta
Idaho
a\ industrial department
Oreg. Short Line Railroad
I. B. Perii
Utah
Spry Rejects Initiative and Referendum Bill
Governor William Spry disapproves the initiative and referendum bill, calling it too costly and likely unconstitutional. Introduced by Rep. Da Shields, the measure would have let 12 percent of qualified voters trigger legislative action, passing 34 to 11 in the House and 10 to 7 in the Senate.
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Salt Lake, Mar
William Spry
Secretary of State
Shields
Salt Lake
Senate
Williams College names Garfield grandson as next year captain
Williamstown March 24. Williams College elects James Garfield Jr for next year as captain. The junior is grandson of the late President James A Garfield and has starred on varsity football and track while serving as junior class president. His uncle is Williams College president.
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Garfield
Williamstown
Mass
Williams College
James Garfield, Jr
James A Garfield
Williams
Alllies Pushing Attack Against Turkish Forts Boise
March 24 Boise report notes John K. White elected pure food and sanitary commissioner for two years. White succeeds himself after acting role. state board of health approved the vote last night. Four members attended the meeting, with other officers to be chosen April 1.
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Boise
John K. White
James H. Wallis
White
State Board of Health
W. R. Hamilton
Peterson
Smith
Ralph Falk
Oscar B. Steely
German plan to boost home industry in millinery
Berlin March 23 German modistes and milliners push a war time campaign for a German vogue in hats and garments. Berlin urged as future fashion center replacing Paris with all clothing made in Germany by Germans from German materials. Men urged to influence wives and daughters to choose home produced goods over French.
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Serlin
Berlin
Paris
Germany
Livestock Convention Opens at San Francisco Expo
The eighteenth annual convention of the American Livestock Association opens at the exposition in San Francisco with stock raisers from the west and midwest. Officials designate Friday as American National Livestock Association day at the event.
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San Francisco
Calif
American Livestock Association
West
Middle West
American National Livestock Association
British air raid claims success against German submarines near Antwerp
The British admiralty said five planes from the Dunkirk station attacked submarine works at Hoboken near Antwerp. Pilots Courtney and Hosher reached the objective and dropped four bombs each on the submarine works, with five submarines seen on fire. Two pilots faced weather and gunfire while the mission suffered engine trouble for Crossley-Neate.
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London
Hoboken
Antwerp
Longmore
Dunkirk
Antwe
Ivor T. Courtney
H. Hosher
B. Crossly- Neates
Holland
Reuters Hague
Crossley-Neatep
Kruiningen
Salaries Raised in Idaho Falls City Departments
Idaho Falls council approves higher pay across departments to improve efficiency. Major increases include the mayor and council, city clerk at 1500 annually, treasurer 500, engineer 6 per day, police judge 480, electrician 1800, chief of police 1200, three patrolmen 1000 each, city physician 300, fire chief 1200, attorney 400, stenographer 60 per month, street commissioner 1200, and superintendent of water works 1200 annually.
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Idaho Falls
Women Lace Makers Will Get the Profit
Brussels reports that the German civil government has formed the Bureau for Encouraging and Promoting the Lace Industry during the War to market Brussels lace in Germany. It aims to raise wages for Western Belgian lacemakers, mostly elderly women and girls, by cutting middleman profits and ensuring the bureau covers only its expenses.
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Brussels
Associated Press
Bureau
Germany
Belgium
Titanic trial set for May seventeenth in New York
The Oceanic Steam Navigation Company owners of the Titanic face a federal court suit to fix liability following the April 1912 disaster that killed more than 1600. The company argues liability should be limited to about 92000, the value of lifeboats and wreck recovered property. Damages claimed total millions.
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New York
Oceanic Steam Navigation Company
Federal District Court
Allied landings at Gallipoli prompt new Dardanelles assault
London reports allied troops landed on the Gallipoli peninsula in Saras Gulf. A general attack on the Dardanelles fortifications will begin once additional French and British ships join the assault squadron. Petrograd notes German heavy guns reduced near Ossowetz, while Austrians mounted a hurricane attack near Ropotza but were repelled with heavy losses.
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Dardanelles
London
Gallipoli Peninsula
Saras Gulf
Daily Express Atheny
Petrograd
Ossowetz
Ropotza
French Advance Across Yser Front and Hartmanns Weilerkopf Gains
Paris reports a Belgian division advanced on the Yser right bank while another captured a German trench on the left bank. The war office says two German trench lines were taken by the French at Hartmanns and Weilerkopf with prisoners including officers.
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Paris
Yser
War Office
Hartmanns and
Weilerkopf
Przemysl Garrison Size and Surrender Figures Released
Dispatches from Petrograd report the Przemysl garrison originally held 170000 men with 40000 killed. Just over 120000 surrendered as the fortress capitulated, far surpassing prior estimates.
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London
Przemysl
Petrograd
Austrians Intern Italians Under Frontier Fire
An uncensored dispatch reports Austrian engineers dynamited buildings between Sugala Pass and lake Guarda on the Italian border. Rovereto’s eastern section is abandoned and all structures torn down. Suspected pro Italian sympathizers are sent inland.
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Geneva
Sugala Pass
Trent
Lake Guarda
Rovereto
May Wheat Close in Chicago Markets
Chicago reports May wheat finishing at 1.54 1 4 per bushel as trade for the day drew to a close. The price reflects standard market activity in March with stronger buying noted by traders.
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Chicago
Ill
Spotted the Work of Official Crooks
Indianapolis March 24 Mayor Donn M Roberts, a defendant in Terre Haute election fraud cases, was ordered into federal marshal custody and to post 5000 bond to answer corruption of government witnesses charges. Three men jailed on the same charge. Judge Anderson ruled evidence showed attempts to corrupt witnesses and noted Sheriff Dennis Shea signaling. Two witnesses testified they pleaded guilty to influence testimony.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Donn M. Roberts
Terre Haute
Roberts
Anderson
Dennis Shea
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