London Air Raid Kills Eleven and Injures Forty
London police report eleven killed and forty injured in last night's air raid. Additional six bodies feared in wreckage. Raids by seven or eight enemy aircraft, two reaching London, caused extensive damage in the northwestern districts and to private homes. Emergency crews and constables aided the wounded as the attack continued for about twenty minutes.
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Essex
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Lanton
Tors
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Longon
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Burh
Prince Oscar to Be King in Finland? Exchange Telegraph Dispatch
London reports the Finnish government asked the German emperor to appoint Prince Oscar, fifth son of the emperor, as king of Finland. The note cites Afton Tidningen and diplomatic circles in Stockholm. The text also recalls Oscar’s morganatic marriage in 1914 and wartime events through 1916 with injuries and near-capture.
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Oscar
Finland
Afton Tidningen
Stockholm
Prince Osun
Hohensellem
Tis
Ina Bassowicz
Verdun
Poland
Government bars liquor for women in uniform in New York
In a March notice, authorities bar any woman in uniform from being served alcoholic drinks and extend the rule to women in government or party uniforms. A proprietor says uniforms render no distinction, and women in khaki or navy dress cannot drink. women doctors, nurses, and other uniformed workers are covered.
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March
British Casualties Lowest In Months In March Report
London reports for the week ending March show British casualties at 2 343, the lowest in months. Killed or died of wounds include 4 officers and 4 men, wounded or missing 178 officers and 2473 men, marking a notably low total for February as well.
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Tony
PLAN AGAINST AMERICAN LINE IN FRANCE REPORTS
The Associated Press dispatch from France describes German plans against American troops near Toul. Camouflaged works doubled, construction activity surged, and a German patrol conversation was overheard. American patrols fled a shell hole after wandering No Man’s Land, driven by hunger and thirst, choosing hostile fire over continued exposure.
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Derent
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Ling
No Man’s Land
Japan and China May Join in War Report
A dispatch from Tientsin to the Daily Mail says Japan would welcome Chinese cooperation if extreme measures are needed in Siberia. China allegedly has documents showing Germany offered aid to Russian revolutionaries and contemplated using released German prisoners against China’s northern frontiers. China seeks Japanese and American financial help to cover expedition costs.
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Daily Mail
Siberia
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China
Consul Leaves Finland Amid Refugee Pleas in Sweden
Stockholm reports the American consul Thornweill Hayticx will leave Helsinki Friday with about treaty American residents. About three hundred residents of various nationalities, including many Americans, seek passage by icebreaker posed by Sweden to cross the Bothnia Sea. A letter from February 23 complains the weekly rationing in Narva and Haparanda favors fish, urging United States humanitarian aid and grain to be rationed only if Finns halt internecine fighting.
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Thornweill Hayticx
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Bothnia
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Jnne
United States
Narvile
Haparanda
George von Meyer In Critical State
George von Meyer remains critically ill at his Boston home after several weeks with a liver condition. Doctors report little chance of recovery and describe his condition as serious this morning.
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Match
George von Ll. Meyer
Als
Phyrtclann
Five Americans Fight Ten Huns In France Patrol
An American patrol of five fought ten Germans in No Man's Land near the French front. The patrol fired back as the enemy pressed, Germans withdrew leaving two dead and two wounded among the defenders. The Americans returned to their lines uninjured as German raiding parties prepared for the attack but failed to place a single man in position. American automatic rifles and machine guns repelled the raid.
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Associated Press
Man's Land
Property to be sold under Palmer plan to strike German ties
Washington March 8 The government will auction German owned assets in the United States including Kaiser era property and major industrial concerns to the highest bidder as part of A Mitchell Palmer's plan. He told the Senate appropriations committee that only large‑scale German holdings would be seized to sever German capital from American industry and commerce.
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Owen
Oklahoma
Herr Ballin
Plana
Hr Deutsches Bank
Palmer Aims to Seize German Property Across States
Palmer argues seven or eight German owned mills and widespread German Trust In ventures span the United States from chocolate makers in Connecticut to chemicals in New York and tobacco in the south. He contends war conditions boost German profits and urges permanent transfer of enemy property to the U.S. government, to finance bonds and deprive the German empire of profits.
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Germany
Peace Makers Deadly Enemies at Brest-Litovsk Talks
The Vorwaerts says at Brest-Litovsk peace with Russia was achieved but delegates left with deadly enmity. German workmen reject von Raesenberg’s policy and Kuehlmann’s approach, declaring the peace effort undermined by Socialism across factions.
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Nevada appoints new food administrator Lennon at Reno
WASHINGTON March A. Lennon of Reno was named food administrator of Nevada succeeding Henry M. Hoyt. Lennon will devote full time as a volunteer to war work and serve as secretary to the state council of defense.
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Lansman
State Council of Defense
Vessels built year noted with import cargo near 1916 levels
British merchant fleet data show 280 vessels totaling 1 067 696 tons completed last year. Despite no loss in tonnage versus 1916, cargo imported was about two percent lower. Details list November to January ship numbers and tonnages, with several ships of 9399 to 20 728 tons in the period.
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Bob. C
Leo Chtozin Moines
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House of Commons
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Brose
Wross
Derembher
Eix
Arosa
Artillery Activity And Key War Developments On West Front
The war office reports enemy artillery active near Ribecourt and the Scarpe valley with notable fighting in the Ypres sector. Russian revolutionary events, Kiev occupation denial, and German terms pressed on Russia, Rumania, and Finland shape the wider conflict. Italian weather hinders infantry, artillery activity down the Brenta area, while a Paris obit notes Julius Roux, noted shipbuilder, dies.
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Germany
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Rumania
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Merdinand
Dobrudja
North Sea
Adriatic
Rome
Italian War Office
Brenta
Col del Bereta
Val Lagarina
Ponta di Piave
Kiev Not in German Hands Says Russian Agency
Kiev remains outside German control according to a Petrograd dispatch from the Russian news agency. The report notes earlier claims of Kiev fall were based on a possibly enemy source wireless message and that no advance beyond Kiev has been claimed by German troops. Enver Pasha says Bolsheviks support autonomous governments in the Caucasus, while Romania negotiates terms with Austria-Hungary, including frontier adjustments in Transylvania and transport guarantees for troops to Odessa.
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Thumania
Austria-Hungary
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Romania
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Danube
Allied Draft Treaties Favored In Senate Report
The Senate military committees endorsed the Administration bill to implement Allied draft treaties likely including Great Britain and Canada. The plan would authorize negotiations and set the stage for U S ratification and action. The report signals broad favorable sentiment toward allied draft treaties.
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