British Line Penetrated At St Quentin In Front Line Drive
German forces penetrated the British defenses west of St Quentin with heavy artillery and infantry assaults. Haig ordered a retreat to prepared positions as officials reported fierce fighting along the fifty mile front from the Oise to the Sensee. Casualty estimates and prisoner counts circulated in Washington and London as Berlin claimed large captures.
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Fifty Mile
London
Cambrai
British War Office
St. Quentin
War Office
Bapaume-Perronne
Oise
Sensee
Arras
Amsterdam
Field Marshal
Haig
France
Verdun
Scarpe River
Wounded Americans Return From France to Atlantic Port
At an Atlantic port on March 23 sixty five ill and wounded American service members arrived from France. They were placed on cots in a base hospital with exact conditions not disclosed to protect patient privacy. Surgeons aim to preserve all lives as they receive care.
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Atlantic
France
Dutch Sailors to Return Home Under Safe Conduct
At an Atlantic port on March 23, 700 to 1,000 Dutch vessel crew members under safe conduct from both Allies and Central Powers will sail for Holland next Wednesday. Between 200 and 350 sailors chose to stay.
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Atlantic
United States
Holand
Inventor Of War Patent Found Murdered In Pittsburgh
David Welton a 30 year old inventor of an allied war patent was found dead in Pittsburgh after a bullet wound to the head. Investigators say his plans disappeared and police believe the death is a murder.
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Pittsburgh
David Welton
Baker at Belgian Front Talks With King Albert
London march 23 Newton J Baker the American secretary of war visited the Belgian front on Friday and held a long conversation with King Albert, said a dispatch from the British front today.
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London
Albert
Italian Positions Shelled Along Piave Front
Rome reports German and Austro-Hungarian artillery across the Piave against Italian lines as patrols grow active along the front. German troops briefly held a footing in the Frenzen valley before Italian counterattacks drove them back amid intensified alpine fighting.
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Rome
Piave
Frenzen
Asiago
Senator Lewis Threatened With Death Letters
Senator James Hamilton Lewis of Illinois received fourteen anonymous letters threatening death unless he stops denouncing disloyalists as traitors. Secret service agents and city detectives began investigating while Lewis discarded the letters.
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Lewis
Milwaukee
Wis
James Hamilton Lewis
Illinois
Secret Service
Verdun Efforts Excelling Says War Expert
Washington officials expect a decision within a week as the Western Front battle at Verdun nears peak intensity. The expert assessment highlights continued Allied resilience and the looming enemy strike as authorities weigh next moves.
British Losses Seen Minor in Big War Battle
Washington officials expect a decision on the western front within a week as German attacks reach peak intensity. German claims of 16 000 captives and 200 guns are deemed negligible while British losses are attributed to stubborn defense and last-stand trench holds with German efforts at Verdun noted as surpassing prior attempts.
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Berlin
Western Front
War Office
Washington
St. Quentin
Hairg
Kaiser
von Ludendorff
Supreme War Council
Germany
Verdun
Cambrai Sailent
State Senator Powell Perjury Case Sparks Arrests
Chicago march 23 five persons detained by State's Attorney Hoyne on charges of perjury and conspiracy linked to State Senator John M Powell accused of a statutory offense by 16 year old Margaret O Connor witnesses confess to perjury the O Connor girl and Florence and Sophie McKibbon named in the hotel party also held are the O Connor girl's mother the McKibbon sisters and Morris Green secretary to Powell the prosecutor says money was paid to obtain false testimony and twelve more arrests are expected with lawyers possibly implicated.
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Chicago
Hoyn
John M. Powell
Margaret O.connor
Atorney
O'Connor
Florence
Sophie McKibbon
O’connor
McKibbon
Morris Green
Powell
Hoyne
Senate Sidetracks Other Business to Discuss War Bills
Returning to Capitol From Weekly Conference With War Council, Members of Military Affairs Committee Immediately Bring Up Rilk For Drafting New Army.
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Senate
Capitol
War Council
Military Affairs Committee
Rilk
Senate Military Affairs Committee
German forces capture Irkutsk in Siberia report
Tokyo dispatches say about 100000 Germans formerly Russian prisoners seized Irkutsk with 80000 occupying force. Irkutsk hub on the Trans Siberian railway with important mines and factories. Officials sought confirmation from Ambassador Morris as Tokyo reports were handled delicately by the president.
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Irkutsk
Siberia
Washington
Siberian
Rowland S. Morris
Tokio
Lansing
Pennsylvania Draft Class One Totals Hit 122 984
Harrisburg March 23 The state draft bureau reports 551 388 men classified by 282 local boards in Pennsylvania up to today Of these 122 984 have been placed in class one with 9 607 awaiting district board approval About 418 464 men are in the remaining four classes and roughly 57 000 have already been sent to camp statewide
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Washington
Capitol
West Front
War Department
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Man jailed for failure to pay alimony in New York
Frederick H. Story, former Detroit automobile dealer, jailed for failing to pay alimony as Mrs. Mabel Story wins a divorce. The suit names Lena Bird, widow of financier C. W. Bird, as a party. Story offered no defense.
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New York
Frederick H. Story
Detroit Automobile
Ian
Mabel Story
Story
Lena Bird
C. W. Bird
Munday Found Guilty in La Salle Street Bank Wreck
Charles D. Munday was found guilty by a jury of wrecking the La Salle Street Trust and Savings Bank of Chicago, part of the Lorimer chain of banks.
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Munday
Chicago
Morris, Jr
Charles D. Munday
la Salle Street Trust and Savings Bank of Chicago
Lorimer
Age limit may be advanced to include men to forty five
The Senate focuses on strengthening the army as war reports from Germany flood the chamber. Discussion centers on draft age potentially being raised to include men up to 45, with Hoke Smith urging doubling army strength and improving artillery. Hardwick and Baker proposals clash with universal training aims.
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Hoke Smith
Georgia
Hardwick
Chamberlain
Smith
Baker
Senate Military Affairs Committee
New
Indiana
Gun Division to Spend Two Billion on Mobile Artillery Plants
The War Department announced that the Gun Division of the Bureau of Ordnance will spend about two billion dollars on sixteen large plants to manufacture mobile artillery cannons. The program aims to double powder and explosive output, with staffing rising from 3 officers and 7 civilians to about 1,500 officers and over 10,000 civilians by June.
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Washington
Bureau of Ordnance
War Department
Weather Forecast Washington March 23
Generally fair tonight and Sunday with warmer conditions expected on Sunday as the forecast covers Washington.
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Washington
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King Albert
Russia
Oshima
Vladivostok
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