Allies Await Major Allied Drive as Air War Intensifies
United States War Department reports 273 German aircraft shot down during the week while American forces hold four trench points. Baker arrives in France as Allied lines extend four and a half miles in the principal sector. Germans prepare for a large offensive in the west and exchange heavy fighting with liquid fire and renewed raids.
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Washington
Germany
Russia
War Department
Weet
Oleate
Quechines
Enmeiny
New U S Casualties List Released by War Department
The War Department公布 a casualty list naming American service members killed in action including Capt Harry C McHenry and 20 plus others. The list also records deaths from auto and aero accidents, natural causes, gas, and includes numerous wounded personnel and missing details.
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Harry CC. McHenry
Louis J. Jor
Alva FP. Eaton
Walter J. Porsch
James W. Wedding
Donald HM. MacRune
Dean Parish
Two U S Aviators Drown Near Pensacola
Two aviators drowned after a flying boat overturned near the Pensacola aeronautical station. The station commander did not release names but notified Washington of the incident.
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Pensacola, Fla
Mobile
Ala
Pensacola
Fla
Washington
Winchester theatre disaster claims dozen lives in Kentucky
A wall collapse at a burned building adjacent to a Winchester picture theater killed twelve people, ten children, and injured thirty others, many seriously. The crash sent hundreds of kids and adults rushing to the theater entrance as the roof and walls gave way. Later, in Mobile Alabama, Senator Jonathan Bourne of Oregon wed Mrs. Karel Spery in a small ceremony witnessed by close friends.
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Winchester
Clark County
Moving Picture Theater
Mobile
Ala
Jonathan T Bourne
Oregon
Karel B. Spery
Spery
Portland
Bourne
Gas shells and raids mark war front actions near Toul and Ypres
American patrol clashed with German units near Chemin des Dames with minor casualties on both sides. Northwest of Toul a heavy gas bombardment struck an American battery position while U.S. artillery destroyed an enemy ammo dump. Snipers and aerial actions reported. Belgian and British raids supported Allied pressure along Meuse Vosges and Cambrai sectors with several enemy deaths and prisoners taken.
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France
No Man's Land
Chemin Dex Dames
Lorraine
Toul
U. S
Meuse
Vosges
Kippe
Lake Dorlan
London
Mareh 11
War Office
St. Quentin
Cambrai
Armentieres
Passchendaele
Rainbow Boys Answer Call on French Front
Des Moines witnesses shows Captain Marrivon Cunmanos Medeary of Des Moines named among the killed in the latest France casualty list. The list also includes Private Isaac Davis of Woodburn and Private B Rons van Raden of Lanesboro with several wounded listed from Iowa and nearby states.
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Des Moines
Marrivon Cunmanos Medeary
France
Albert B. Cum
Isaac Davis
Woodburn
B. Rons van Raden
Lanesboro
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Diets
Waterloo
Corp
Marvin Donn
Tewls A. Simmons
el Reno
Okla
Dan P. Bracelin
Norwik
Raymond L. Classen
Toes Moines
Pigeons Carry Invite to Woodrow Wilson Meeting
Mrs. Charles S. Whitman releases three pigeons bearing an invitation to Mrs. Woodrow Wilson for the military and naval athletic meeting at Madison Square Garden next week. A White House pigeon will deliver Mel Wisons reply. Amsterdam reports a peace treaty between Romania and Russia reached.
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Charles S. Whitman
Whitman
Woodrow Wilson
Madison Square Garden
White House
Mel
Trotzky Resigns As Foreign Minister In Russian Reordering
Petrograd dispatch confirms Leon Trotzky’s resignation as foreign minister amid Lenine’s decree ordering evacuation of Petrograd institutions. Government shifts capital to Moscow with Lunacharsky to stay, duties pass to deputy Tehitcherin. Pravda notes continued German operations in the Gaselnoe Zybkovo sector.
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Leon Trotzky
Moscow
Stockholm
Anland
Westfalen
Alcheinland
Eckerne
Trotzky
Lenine
Mosceow
M. Lunacharsky
Soviet
Tzvestin
Pravda
M. Tehitcherin
Gaselnoye Zybkovo
Japanese alarm grows over Russian collapse threat in Far East
Tokyo reports rising Japanese concern as Russian disintegration prompts fear that German menace could spread across the Far East threatening regional stability and security.
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Tokyo
Far East
Admiral von Diederichs Dies After Manila Bay Clash
Amsterdam reports Admiral von Diederichs, who commanded a German squadron off Manila during the Spanish American War and clashed with Admiral Dewey, has died at Baden Baden. The two admirals had friction over the blockade rules, Dewey later recalling the 1898 incident and communications that led to a clarified stance on the blockade.
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Baden Baden
Amsterdam
Admiral von Diederichs
Manila
Admiral Dewey
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Washington
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George von L. Meyer Dies in Boston After Illness
George Von TL Meyer former cabinet member and diplomat died at his Boston home after weeks of illness from a liver tumor. His son Captain George von TL Meyer arrived from Washington. Meyer served as ambassador to Italy under McKinley and to Russia during Portsmouth peace negotiations. He was postmaster general under Roosevelt and secretary of the navy under Taft. Born Boston June 24 1858 and Harvard graduate 1879.
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George von TL. Meyer
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Washington
Italy
McKinley
St. Petersburg
Portsmouth
Roosevelt
Navy
Taft
Harvard
General March Explains Secrecy on Casualty Addresses
Maj. Gen. Peyton March, acting chief of staff, said the War Department ordered suppression of home addresses for American soldiers killed or wounded in France after General Pershing recommended it following French protests. He noted the French ban on publishing casualty data and described differing British and French practices.
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France
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Pershing
Marek
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Efect
United States
Successful Dulles in Lorraine Trenches
Allied units report successful advance in Lorraine with soldiers named Dulles securing a trench line about six hundred yards long. Detailed combat reports describe gains against German positions, supported by artillery and armor, in a clash noted for stubborn resistance.
American Raid Advances through Lorraine Lines
Paris March 11 The American forces carried out three more raids in the Lorraine sector advancing beyond the first line and penetrating the second by six hundred yards. The operations showcased the Yankee troops adapting to new warfare methods with commendable daring.
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Paris
Lorraine
Bombing of Naples by Teuton aviators shocks Rome
In Rome on March 11 reports say Naples was attacked by Teuton aviators dropping twenty bombs. Seven hospital occupants were killed along with other civilians in the city.
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Rome
Naples
Pershing Rally Urges Press Backing War Effort
A wartime quotation emphasizes support for General Pershing and calls on the American press to back his leadership, urging solidarity and patriotic duty amid national efforts. The passage stresses collective commitment without identifying time or location details.
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Pershing
Safe conduct issued for Luxburg to sail to Sweden
The British government grants Count von Luxburg former German ambassador to Argentina a safe conduct to sail for Sweden on the steamer Valparaiso. A medical attendant's safe conduct was refused despite recommendations due to his mental condition.
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Buenos Aires
Count von Luxburg
Argentina
Sweden
Valparaiso
Admiral Evans Wrecks Near Rock Hawk Inlet
The steamship Admiral Evans of the Pacific Steamship Co. was wrecked near Rock Hawk Inlet, Juneau Alaska. All 78 people aboard are reported safe and expected to reach here on the steamer Sophia. Further details about the fate of the vessel are awaited.
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Juneau
Alaska
Admiral Evans
Pacific Steamship Company
Rock Hawk Inlet
Sophia
Wall Falls Kill Two Boys in Market Street Fire
Philadelphia report says a warehouse wall collapsed during a March 11 fire on Market Street. Robert Dawson fifteen and Joseph Gallagher thirteen died. five others injured, two fatally, as a wall was blown over by a six mile per hour gale while boys played nearby.
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Philadelphia
Robert Dawson
Joseph Gallagher
Market Street
Russian Transports Sunk by German Destroyers Off Aland
A Copenhagen dispatch reports two Russian transports were attacked and sunk by German destroyers after a clash near the Aland Islands. The encounter followed fighting with the German ships as the convoy faced attacks.
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Copenhagen
London
Ile
Vachangy Traph Company
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