War Front Activities Confined to Raids and Artillery Duels
American troops north west of Toul raid German trenches for 300 yards in daylight operations aided by French. Australians raid German trenches northeast of Messines and Lorra ine near Moncel repels a German foray with heavy losses and prisoners. British in Palestine push lines northwest of Jerusalem as German air attacks hit the English coast and Coblenz is bombed. Prime issues also report Siberia tension, Semenoff retreat toward Manchuria, and an American steamer fending off a German submarine attack with damage to its bridge and smokestack.
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Palestine
England
Toul
Western
Messines
Lorraine
Moncel
Jerusalem
Yorkshire
Coblenz
Prussia
Siberia
Terachi
Semenoff
Manchuria
Harbin
France
Crime to Kill a Mule Under French Military Law
Washington reports a French military livret militaire imposes two to five years in prison for maliciously killing a government mule. The 34 page pocket manual, carried by each Poilu, lists offenses and penalties and must be on hand for inspection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Red Cross
American Fund For
Navy praised by House Committee for war efforts
The House naval affairs committee praised the navy for a year of remarkable achievements. Despite initial shortages the force met untried problems with skill and dispatch and was lauded for its effectiveness in France. The report urged increasing Marine Corps deployments abroad.
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Washington
House
Navy
House Naval Affairs Committee
Oliver
Alabama
Daniels
Marine Corps
France
Sheep raisers claim food administration fixes lamb prices
S W McClure of Salt Lake City testifies before the senate agriculture committee that the food administration has ordered packers to set a maximum price for lambs and pay producers only a fixed sum. He says the licensing order amounts to price fixing and questions who controls whom.
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Washington
Food Administration
Senate Agriculture Committee
S. W McClure
Salt Lake City
Utah
National Wood Growers’ Association
The
Lure
Senator Gore
Oklahoma
To Stop Seed Profiteering
Washington marching orders accuse seed profiteering as a threat to the national food program and call for prompt action by Secretary Houston and Food Administrator Hoover. The joint statement notes many complaints of high prices and warns poor seed could reduce acreage and harm distribution.
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Washington
Houston
Hoover
Navy study finds buoyancy boxes fail to ensure sunkproof ship
Washington reports naval experts say even with interior buoyancy boxes the former Austrian steamship Lucia would still be vulnerable to torpedo damage. Rear Admiral Winterhaker led tests, and engineers align with shipping board against adopting the concept for future army transports, citing limited value as a cargo carrier.
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Washington
Winterhaker
Lucia
Shipping Board
Dominion to ban liquor across Canada with exceptions
The document outlines a sweeping prohibition forcing provinces to regulate liquor. By April 1 and December 31, Quebec and Ontario face unique allowances for beer whisky and native wines until year end while transport and delivery of liquor to prohibited zones are banned.
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Canada
Ottawa
Ontario
Quebec
Dominion
Three Enemy Aliens Held for War Duration
Sioux Falls South Dakota March 13 three enemy aliens are to be interned for the duration of the war under orders from Washington. The men are Reverend Karl Graf German Lutheran minister of White South Dakota Hinderiken Hinderiks Clear Lake South Dakota and Henry Beinfert Chamberlain South Dakota.
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Sioux Falls
S. D
Washington
Karl Graf
White
Hinderiken Hinderiks
Clear Lake
Henry Beinfert
Chamberlain
S. P
Lorain County Divorces On Track To Lead Statewide Volume
Elyria Ohio March 13 officials believe Lorain county holds the state record for divorce filings based on docket activity. One hundred three pending cases at January term grew by fifty two new starts, as one hundred forty marriage licenses were issued this year to date.
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Elyria, O
Toce
Lorain County
Hawaii urged to fortify Pearl Harbor as Pacific threat grows
Hawaii territorial delegate J. K. Kalonianaole called for a House investigation into Pacific defense and urged immediate construction of a fortress on Oahu. He pressed for enhanced coast artillery and mine protection to secure a distant American supply base against German operations via Siberia.
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Pacific
Washington
United State
Hawaiian Islands
J. K. Kalonianaole
Hawaii
House Mlitary Affairs Committee
Oahu
Siberia
Jack Pickford Enlists in Aviation Training
Jack Pickford brother of Mary Pickford and a two year motion picture star enlisted in the aviation section and began for New York to start training. He was married to Olive Thomas formerly of the Ziegfeld Follies and the Midnight Frolic who left musical comedy to join Triangle picture forces.
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Jack Pistford Emats
Los Angele
Jack Pickford
New York
Mary Pickford
Olive Thomas
Triangle Picture Forces
Austrian Reichsrat approves four month war credit
The upper house of the Austrian Reichsrat in Vienna adopted a provisional war credit of 6,000,000,000 kronen for the next four months. During the debate premier Dr. von Seydler stressed reforms to the Austrian constitution.
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Amsterdam
Reichsrath
Vienna
Sentence for Ex-Preacher Over Drug Conspiracy in Missouri
Eugene J. Dean of Mexico Missouri was sentenced in federal court to imprisonment at Leavenworth for offering to put a drug in William J Johnson's eyes in a bid to influence a court decision. The March 13 ruling ties to a disloyalty case involving a former preacher in St Louis.
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St. Louis
Eugene J. Dean
Mexico
Leavenworth
Wiliam J. Johnson
Jornesyn
Admiral Jellicoe Visits Bayley in Queenstown Ireland
Admiral Sir John Jellicoe, former chief of the naval staff, spends three days as the guest of Admiral Pavier in Queenstown Ireland. He meets American social officers and visits American ships during the stay.
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Bayley
Jellicoe
Queenstown
Ireland
John Jellicoe
Adrira
Pavier
U. N
Socral
Baker Tells of U S Part iah Aw
Secretary of War Newton D. Baker met American English and French newspapermen in Paris and outlined U S aims in France. He spoke of unity with Pershing, the expeditionary force, and civilian control while praising allied mobilization. Marshal Joffre, Bliss, and Pershing visited Baker at Versailles as he met Clemenceau and Ambassador Sharp. The voyage included a submarine scare resolved by quick gunnery.
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Paris
Newton D. Baker
France
Gneral Pershinig
America
Amerca
Joffre
Baker
Tasker H. Bliss
Supreme War Council
Versailles
Clemenceau
Ambassador Sharp
Pershing
Poimeare
General Pershing
Federal labor dept officials tour states to organize offices
Frederick C. Hower, commissioner of immigration at Ellis Island, and nine other employment experts visit states as representatives of the labor department. They aim to organize federal, state and municipal public employment offices. Nineteen states already participate.
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U. S
Washington
Frederick C. Hower
Ellis Island
N. Y
Morgan Lines Seek Gate Increase From I C C
Washington dispatch reports the Morgan steamship lines have applied to the Interstate Commerce Commission for authority to file a rate increase at New York. Details are partially obscured but indicate a move to adjust freight charges amid regulatory review.
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Morgan Lines
Bates
Washington
Morgan Steamship Lines
Interstate Commerce Commission
New
Yort
Paris Air Raid Leaves 34 Dead and Dozens Injured
Paris reports 34 killed and 7 percent wounded in a German air raid on the city and suburbs. Sixty six people suffocated in a panic at a metropolitan rail entrance while seeking refuge. A Gotha bomber was shot down near Chateau Thierry. weather delayed raids previously anticipated.
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Paris
Gotha
Chateau
Du Pont Workers Awarded Bonus Plan Approval
Stockholders of E I du Pont de Nemours and Co at their annual meeting approved a bonus plan distributing over 10.5 million to employees in the last two years. Alfred I du Pont has challenged the plan in court seeking repayment to the treasury by directors. An amendment to by laws was also approved allowing directors to continue and modify the bonus plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington
Del
E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co
Alfred I. du Pont
Sect Boycotting War In Oregon Sect Refuses War Work
In Clackamas Oregon March 13 members of a religious sect decline wartime labor predicting Christ will return as the millennium nears They say aiding war work prolongs conflict and prefer quick peace Federal authorities are refraining from action.
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Clackamas
Ore
Here
Earth
General Scott Confident After Army Exam in Washington
Major General Hugh L. Scott former chief of staff now commanding the 78th National Army Division at Camp Dix New Jersey was in Washington for the mandatory physical examination of divisional commanders. He believed he passed the exam designed to weed out unfit general officers before deployment to France.
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Scott
Washington
Hugh L. Scott
78Th National Army Division
Camp Dix
New Jersey
France
Woman Song Leader for Soldiers in Washington
Mrs. Isa Maud Ilsen, former superintendent of the Hamilton Ontario military infirmary, is appointed song leader to supply music in hospitals treating American soldiers returned from Europe with shell shock.
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Washington
Isa Maud Ilsen
Hamilton
Ontario
Europe
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