Americans Face Liquid Fire In Daring Lorraine Patrol
An American patrol of one officer and eight men, missing since nightfall, emerged from a shell hole near Tonal and dashed across No Man's Land back to American lines. They explained they lost their way in darkness as enemy artillery paused. American guns shelled the first German lines and a nearby town. anti-aircraft and border defenses repelled further attacks. A French‑Pershing unit cooperates in a new Lorraine sector. an American staff colonel and an American captain captured a Prussian lieutenant, the first such capture by Americans in this sector. German raids were repulsed with several prisoners taken. Vosges raids and Chermin Des Drones vicinity actions noted.
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Pronce
March
Tonal
No Man's Land
Chemin Des Dames
Segger
Lorraine
Leutenant
Bit
Germains
Tn Fts
Varis
Marek S
French War Office
Sues
Chemin Des Drones
Courey
Tampering Suspect Arrested Aboard U S Transport
In Baltimore Maryland Edward Otis twenty three year old reportedly Russian was caught tampering in the navigating room of the hurricane deck of a United States transport during its approach to a European port. He was arrested when the steamer stopped.
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Baltimore
Marek S
United States
Edward Otis
Stenimstilp
Russian-Teutonic prisoner nabbed for tampering with ship gear
An unnamed prisoner at Jalil city police say Otis, claiming Russian citizenship but Teutonic appearance, was caught in the navigating room tampering with the transport’s steering gear. Officials report the gear itself was tampered with and a second suspicious act observed.
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Atlantie
Jalil
Otis
U S Attorney and Deputy Suspended Over Liquor Policy
Washington reports Assistant United States Attorney John B. Dougherty and Deputy United States Marshal Williates of Rock Island are suspended for 40 days for lack of sympathy with the department of justice liquor enforcement policy near army camps. The attorney general says cities near Rock Island will be watched by special DOJ officers pending possible removal hearings.
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Washington
United States
John B. Dougherty
Marshall Williates
Rock Island
Department of Justice
Gener
Brock Island
Washington Sees Early Submarine Victory Prospects
Washington officials say decisive sea results may come by June as Allied and American forces push an anti submarine campaign. British and American authorities forecast a gradual decline in U boat losses with increased patrols and new destroyers. Officials anticipate tangible results possibly by May or June with next August cited by British mines authorities as a turning point.
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Washington
March
Germany
Kerle Geddes
Admiralty
Howe
Sir Eric
United States
America
Kaiser Loses Five Planes In Allied Air War
War dispatches report heavy fighting in Alsace and Lorraine with French repelling German raids near Verdun. Three German planes were shot down by French pilots and two by anti aircraft fire. Minor artillery exchanges occurred around Avecourt wood and hill 344 with prisoners and an officer in French hands. reciprocally, Italian and German batteries engaged along front lines and Italian airships saw effective work.
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Alsace
Lorraine
Paris
Verdun Front
War Office
Cormiey and
Revis
Avecourt Wood
Avecourt
Dounamont
Rioting Reported in Christiania With Arrests
Rioting on Thursday in Christiania led to many arrests, with crowds storming baker and butcher shops and demonstrations before the parliament building, according to press dispatches reaching Copenhagen via the Exchange Telegraph.
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Lomson
Christiania
Coopenhagen
Exchange Telegraph
Hoker and
Freed of Murder Charge in Cleveland Case
Elmer Hupp, wealthy oil operator, acquitted of murder charges in the death of Charles L. Joyce. Trial centered on second degree murder with Joyce found at a topp home scene. Prosecutor Doerfler and defense attorney W. H. Boyd argued surrounding intruder conditions. Mrs. Hupp attended the case but has not spoken in court. In Texas, loyalty bill makes disloyal remarks during war a felony and moves to the governor for signature.
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Elmer Hupp
Cleveland
O.W March S
Charles L. Joyce
Hupp
Joyce
Topp
Ethel Mapp
Doerfler
W. H. Boyd
Austin
Tex
March
Texas
Austria Impressed by President's Talk in Wilson Proposals
New York reports that Wilson's fourteen peace conditions have influenced Austria-Hungary’s political discussion. Austrian deputies urge rethinking rejection of the proposals, arguing possible understanding with Western powers despite military views. A Polish deputy notes Germany relied on Austrian, Bulgarian, and Turkish aid.
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New York
Wilson
Congress
Austria-Hungary
Teuton
Germany
Austria
House of Deputies
Bulgaria
Turkey
German Turco German Offensive Advances Near Trebizond
London reports say German troops captured Jamburg east of Narva and evacuated Narva itself while the Turco German offensive continues beyond Trebizond. A Petrograd dispatch notes renewed German pressure to reach the line between Jamburg and Golof coast near Lake Peipus. The U S ambassador Francis urges recognition of any Russian government chosen by the people and continued war against the central powers.
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London Dispatch
Trebizond
Odespite
Berlin
London
Jamburg
Narva
Russia
Petrograd
Golof
Lake Pelpus
Francis
Vologda
David R. Francis
America
Lenine
Trotzky
L Se
Germany
England loans huge sums to allies and dominions
London reports Great Britain's loans to allies up to February 9 totalled 1.264 billion pounds, with 180 million pounds to dominions. Andrew Bonar Law says national debt will reach about 25 billion by year end. He notes Russia turmoil, allied manpower advantage, and potential German leverage from the Salonika front.
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London
March
Great Britain
Andrew Bonar Law
House of Commons
Dominions
Bonar Law
Treasury
Vonar Law
Russia
Channel
Adriatic
Turkey
Troops Attacked by Hun Flames to Burn Out Forces
Enemy assault by German forces targets American troops with flames as part of a broader offensive. Report confirms positions under heavy fire with limited protection and ongoing resistance by U.S. units.
London Raid Leaves Eleven Dead and Forty-Six Injured
Special to The Evening Journal reports a bombing raid over London with eleven killed and forty six injured. The German forces attacked Paris area positions last night using liquid fire but were repulsed by American defenses under Pershing, with German losses. The engagement occurred northwest of Poul.
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Evening Journal
Paris
Pershing
Poul
London Raided by German Airmen Kills Eleven
London suffered another air raid with numerous bombs dropping on the city. Eleven people were killed and forty six injured as many houses were wrecked.
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London
Evening Journal
U S to Make Rail Purchases This Year
The Railroad Administration will buy between 1 and 2 billion dollars in rail equipment this year. Director General McAdoo announced a central advisory committee of three purchasing agents, with regional committees for the eastern western and southern districts to be appointed soon.
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Washington
Railroad Administration
McAdoo
Senate directs sale of German owned property in U S
Washington March. At the request of the administration the Senate appropriations committee voted into the billion dollar urgent deficiency bill an amendment to divorce German interests from ownership of property in the United States. The committee after hearing A Mitchell Palmer custodian of alien property decided to grant his authority to sell all German owned property under his jurisdiction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Appropriations Committee
United States
A. Mitchell Palmer
Victory for Administration in Overman Bill Test
In the senate judiciary committee the administration gained a victory by a 10 to 7 vote. The panel rejected a motion to require cabinet members to present their views on the proposed wartime reorganization.
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Washington
Overman
Senate Judiciary Committee
Bank Robbery Strikes Jewett Banking Company
Three robbers blew open the vault of the Jewett Banking company in Jewett Illinois and escaped with 1400 dollars. The blast demolished the front and wrecked the interior as bloodhounds traced the suspects toward Mattoon Illinois before losing the scent in the vicinity.
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Mattoon, Ti
Jewett Banking Company
Jewitt
Toledo
Ill
Mattoon
Pass bill to aid war industry through finance fund
Senate approved an administration bill to establish a war finance corporation with a four million five hundred thousand dollar fund to support the war industry. The measure moves next to the House for action.
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War Finance Corporation
Senate
Washington, March
House
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Jang
Reuter
Workmen and Soldiers’ Council
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