Embassies Leave Petrograd Amid Russian Instability
Russian council of people's commissars orders return to Petrograd as emigre leadership evacuates. American consul Quits Petrograd as Norwegian consul takes over the consulate. British and French embassies depart, while a Russian appeal urges Russians to resist Germans and send food to the capital and Moscow. The Kaiser issues a crown comedy sending off German royal families.
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Russian Council of People's Commissaries
Petrograd
Theoty
U. S
Stockholm
Roger C. Tredwell
Vetrograd
Moscow
Kaiser
Washington
Comedl Pepette
Germany
Officelal
Nations weigh deportation in high profile German links case
Washington march 2 report details Count Minette, son of Louis Swift, detained as enemy alien amid ties to German officials in Brazil Argentina and Luxburg. Justice department to decide on deportation as Attorney General Gregory weighs evidence and potential danger.
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Count Michotte
Louis Swift
Willionaire
Department of Labor
Department of Justice
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Brazil
Argentina
Count Luxburg
Spurlos
Cullianx
France
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Serton
Gregory
Naval Intelligence Service
Deutsche Bank
Berlin
London
New York
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Luxburg
Minotte
Count von Bernstorff
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Post
Mr. Post
Thasmuch
Germany
Japan to Fight in Liberia
Indications point to a pact where Japan bears the task of countering German aggression and safeguarding military stores in Siberia, with the Entente powers and the United States steering strategy. No final decision yet as conditions and factors shift rapidly.
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Washington
America
Jamin
Siberia
Viadivestal
Cabinet debate weighs single power solution for Siberia
A cabinet meeting discussion suggests a shift toward backing a single power with a strong ferry and navy near Siberia, aligning with Britain and France, and perhaps Italy, as a more effective approach than an international force.
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State Department
Great Britain
France
Italy
Bryan smiles over rebuff in Chicago speech on prohibition
William J. Bryan spoke in Chicago addressing a crowd on prohibition when Canadian soldiers from the trenches caused a disturbance. He said the interruption did not amount to much and he gave up trying to speak. Bryan later conferrred with leaders to discuss his role in the dry campaign.
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Chicago
William J. Bryan
Toronto
Prohibition
Mr. Bryan
Mob Kills Three Black Men Near Delhi Louisiana
Reports from Delhi describe a mob incident in Kiehlind Parish where three Black men named Jim Lewis Jim Jones and WIL Powell were fatally harmed by white attackers. A white farmer and a Black person were also fatally wounded as part of the unrest in the isolated area.
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Royville
Jim Lewis
Jim Jones
Wil Powell
Delhi
Kiehlind Parish
Mexicans Fire Across Rio Grande at El Paso Bridge
At El Paso March 2 Mexicans fired across the Rio Grande toward the International bridge during rush hour. United States border patrol troops mass along the river bank under cover of oudlobe shacks and prepare to return the fire.
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el Paso
Tex
Rio Grande River
International Bridge
United States Border Patrol
Opening of third Liberty loan set for April six
Secretary McAdoo names April 6 as the opening date for the third Liberty loan campaign marking the war's first anniversary. He plans to seek congressional authority to set terms and expects a nationwide drive lasting three to four weeks with widespread demonstrations and pledges of support from every community.
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McAdoo
Liberty Loan
Congress
Gil
America
France
Atlantic
Austria Takes a Hand in Ukraine Front Push
Austrian troops have advanced into Little Russia north of the Pruth to aid Ukrainian forces. German columns reached the Dnieper and stormed Ryechitsa taking prisoners, while striking toward Fastoff and Kasatin. German forces with Polish help defeated Bolshevik troops near Starokonstantinov in Volhynia. At Mosyr Germans seized the Pripet Notitia along with vessels and hospital boats.
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Austria
Berlin
Russia
Pruth
War Office
Dnieper
Ryechitsa
Kiev-Schmerinka Payl
Fastoff
Kasatin
Starokonstantinnov
Volhynia
Zhitomir
Mosyr
Minsk
Pripet Notitia
Martial law declared in Poland official dispatches announce
Washington reports martial law has been proclaimed in Poland per official dispatches received in diplomatic quarters. The notice confirms the measure taken by Polish authorities amid ongoing security concerns.
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Poland
Washington
Belgians under Aron hear court martial death sentence
Antwerp court-martial condemns Belgian socialist Senators Colleans and Legras to death for espionage. Dutch socialist leader Troels telegraphs to Scheidemann urging intervention to stop the executions. Havre reports Belgian foreign minister de Broqueville reiterates Belgium’s conditions for peace and unwillingness to discuss peace without the guarantor powers.
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Amsterdam
Antwerp
Colleans
Legras
Het Volk
Pieter Troels
Philipp Scheidemann
Holy See
Belgium
American Captain Killed As German Raid Fails In France
Ten Americans captured near Chavignon and many casualties reported as German assault meets stiff resistance. The fighting in the Toul salient features hand to hand combat, heavy barrage and gas shells, with one West Point captain among the dead and several German prisoners taken or wounded.
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France
Toul
West Point
Salient
No Man's Land
Hanover
Documents reveal German drive to war and Alsace Lorraine motives
Paris March 2 Two historic documents released by French Foreign Minister Stephen Pinchon show Germany aimed to force war on France and justify annexation of Alsace Lorraine. The July 31 1914 chancellor note urged neutral France with 18 hours to reply and a commitment to stay neutral if France declared neutrality.
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Paris
France
Germany
Alsace-Lorraine
Stephen Pinchon
Sorbonne
National Assembly
M. Plochon
Europe
Bethmann-Hollweg
von Schoen
Russia
Fortress of Mt Falls Before Huns Swashing Man Hands
A historical brief reports a clash near Mt Falls where local forces confront Hun raiders. A named commander leads a defense as disciplined troops halt a swift assault and secure the area.
Germans Capture Kiel Fortress as Russians Offer Weak Defense
Berlin dispatches report Kiel fortress on the Dnieper captured by German forces after feeble Russian resistance. Germans smash outlying forts and enter the city. The bulk of the eastern German army moves north toward Petrograd.
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Pyenine Journal
London
Berlin
Kiel
Russia
Dnieper
Petrograd
Term in WWI peace terms cited by M. Pinehon described
The text cites neutrality terms demanding the surrender of Toul and Verdun to be occupied and then returned after the war with Russia. It notes a deadline of a reply by Saturday at four and frames the quote as showing how France sought peace as Germany declared war and how sincere she appeared in defense.
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Toul
Verdun
Russia
M. Pinehon
Termiuny
Court martial trials end for Causey and Alexander
Omaha March 2. Court martial trials of Capt Henry L Causey and Lt Alexander, both connected with the quartermaster’s department at Fort Omaha, concluded and findings sent to Washington. They were charged with accepting gratuities while buying horses and mules for the government. The finding awaits approval in Washington.
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Omaha
Nob
Henry L. Causey
Quartermaster’s Reserve Corps
Alexander
Quartermaster’s Department
Fort Onaha
Washington
Chicago Murderer to Hang
Farl Dear convicted of murdering Rudolph Wolfe chauffeur to Dr. Philip Schuyler Doane by a jury in Judge Kertsen's court. Death penalty fixed. Accomplice Eugene Harrett also found guilty with a 14 year to life sentence. Mrs Dear fainted in the courtroom.
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Chicago
Farl Dear
Rudolph Wolfe
Philip Schuyler Doane
Kersten
Eugene Harrett
British steamer Tiberia sunk near port in February
New York reports the British merchant steamship Tiberia of tons gross owned by a line was sunk by Germans around February 27 while bound for port. The crew were rescued and information from shipping intelligence centers confirms the incident.
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Tiberia
Anchor Line
New York
Bri
Line
Federal Oil Director Named in March Washington
D M Fol som of San Francisco was named federal oil director for the Pacific coast, serving under Mark L Requa, chief of the oil division of the fuel administration. The appointment was announced in Washington on March 2.
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