Rainbow Division Repulsed Raid. Pershing Reports
American troops from the Forty-Second Rainbow division repulsed a German trench raid on March 5 with light losses. General Gerard of the Eighth French Army personally congratulated the division commander for handling the engagement. Gas projectors destroyed and American casualties to date total 1,176 including deaths from wounds and disease.
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Gerard
Washington
Gener
Pershing
Fortyouinth Artiliey
Pirot Uiness Artillery
Cal
Henry Mellly
Comemder
Forty-ninth
War Department
Mareh
Bhoenmy
Rald
Fpi
Toul
United States Army
Spain
Cuba
Porto Rico
Philippines
France
Tuscania
United States
British Airmen Down 39 German Planes in Early March
In the first ten days of March the British air service conducted extensive reconnoitering and photography. They destroyed 39 German airplanes and brought down 40 more out of control, with 15 British machines reported missing amid stormy weather.
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France
Belgium
Rail bill sent to Wilson after Senate conference approval
Washington March 15 Congress adopted the conference report on railroad control and sent the bill to the president. The House voted DOS to Yue in favor, ending a lengthy dispute and delivering the measure to President Wilson for signing.
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Wilson
Washington
Congress
House
Senate
Dos
Yue
Senate Recasts War Era Rail Tax Provision
The Senate removed a conferees inserted clause limiting state taxation of railroad property and passed a measure compensating railroads for wartime property use based on net income over three years ending June 30, 2017. It limits federal operation to 27 months postwar, empowers the president to initiate votes with ICC approval, allocates 500 million as a revolving fund for the director general, and brings short lines under federal control.
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Senate
Interstate Commerce Commission
Dutch Ships Seized by Allies Amid War Tensions
Washington reports General Pershing’s casualty list with 14 killed or dead of disease and numerous wounded. officers Hugh H. Barber and Horace B. Stalth listed slightly wounded. Netherlands ships to be placed under Allied control by March 15 to boost wartime meat exports and tonnage.
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Washington
Pershing
Hugh H. Barber
Horace B. Stalth
Bernard Vant Hof
Netlon
Albert FE. Boehmer
Frank Connor
Cecil M. Cowley
Fred D. Turner
Joseph L. Dip
Fred C. Brammett
Harry Watkins
Sergi
Clarence G. Hurley
Corp
Onenr
W. Abiberg
Marry S Briggs
Thomas R. Brown
John Brany
John Ti. Howell
Walter ©. Jennings
Jews
Meterthy
Merritt M. Rhodes
George O. Marcher
Joseph ©. Swaneen
Lyle W. Barnes
Horton W. Chamberlain
Lieyd Calp
William TH. Dean
Joseph Oo. Fudge
Herald Hjar
J. Petty
Albert L. Rudig
Ralph BR. Rutherford
Harry A. Templeton
Percival Vining
Netherlands
Augustus Phillips
Wilson
the Hague
United States
Germany
Holland
Food Administration
Kent
Eastern Floods Cause Big Loss Across Regions
Heavy rainfall pounds Michigan causing over 7 million dollars in damage. Detroit and Eaton Rapids report severe property losses while rail and road links suffer as Kanawha and Jackson districts brace for more floods. In New York and Rochester area towns flood peril disrupts trains and service.
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Michigan
Choudburet
New York
Charleston
W. Va
Mareh
Bik
Ecity
Kanawha and Michigan
Detroit
Mich
Lower
Eaton Rapids
Jackson Ypetlanti
Ann Arbor
Rochester
N.Y
Hornell
Canisteo
German Act as Precedent for Seizure of Ships
London reports geopolitical maneuvering as the United States and Britain seek a legal basis for seizing Dutch ships under Lex Angarin the law allowing belligerents to use neutral tonnage with compensation. The precedent cites German actions against British vessels in the Franco Prussian conflict.
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London
United States
Britain
Bolo Pasha Appeal Rejected in Treason Case
Paris March 15 The appeal of Nolo Pasha from the death sentence for treason was denied by the court of revision confirming the martial court judgment. Darius Por cherie also had sentence upheld though the report notes imprisonment terms.
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Paris
Nolo Pasha
Court of Revision
Darius Porchere
Bolo Pasha
Finns Seize U. S. Citizens on Ship Amid War Turmoil
Washington reports from Stockholm say Americans who left Finland on a neutral ship after the German occupation were captured. Twenty five more Americans who left Helsinki were held by Finnish Red Guards at Björnsberg on the west coast, passes refused. Minister Morris cites consul Saynes and notes Allied missions mostly passed, French armistice offer blocked by General Maniuecello of the Red Guard.
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Washington
State Department
Stockholm
Finland
Helsingfors
Red Guards
Bjoemsberg
Morris
Saynes
Iiritish
Russia
Sweden
Mr. Morris
Red Guard
Maniucchelo
Bombs Kill Five in Hartlepool Air Raid
On Wednesday night an air raid on Hartlepool dropped four bombs. Six houses were demolished and 200 damaged. Five people were killed and nine wounded in the attack off England's coast.
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Hartlepool
London
Trotzky Plans Army Under Iron Discipline Amid Siberia Invasion Fears
Washington reports that Soviet leader Trotzky signaled organizing "an army under brow discipline" to oppose Germany and defend the new republic. Ambassador Francis quoted Trotzky fearing Entente intrusion into Siberia and signaling readiness for Allied aid, with details unclear on who was briefed and when.
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Trotzky
Siberia
Washington
State Department
Francis
Leon Trotzky
Germany
Moscow
Grain Reserves Released From Long Stored Stock
It will release large quantities of grain stored there since 1914. Tremendous stores are on hand, and it is understood these have fallen to the Germans.
Baker Busy in Paris With War Officials and Allies
Secretary of War Newton D. Baker met with British foreign secretary Arthur J. Balfour and General Foch in the forenoon. He lunched with Generals Pershing and Bliss and spoke with J R Kearny of the public information service. He visited the Red Cross headquarters, met former Premier Viviani, Foreign Minister Pichon, and Oscar T. Crosby of the Treasury.
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Paris
Newton D. Baker
Arthur J. Balfour
Foch
Baker
Pershing
Bliss
Henry Baker
J. R. Kearny
Public Information Service
American Red Cross
Maj
Robert P. Perkins
Red Cross
Europe
Vivani
Pichon
Foreign Office
Oscar T. Crosby
Treasury Department
Wounded Saved Aboard Guilford Castle After Submarine Attack
The hospital ship Guilford Castle was unsuccessfully attacked by a submarine in the Bristol Channel on March 10. A dud torpedo struck the bow after a near miss and water flooded below the line. 450 wounded from German East Africa were transported ashore at Avonmouth as destroyers arrived.
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London
Guilford Castle
Bristol Channel
Avonmouth
German East Africa
Will Not Shoot Boys for Sleeping Review Reverses Verdict
Four American soldiers condemned to death by a French court martial for sleeping on post and disobeying orders will not be shot. The judge advocate general's office found irregularities in the proceedings and returned records to General Pershing for action to restore the men to duty.
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Washington
France
Wilson
Judge Advocate General's Office
Pershing
Air raid kills U S girl in Paris hospital strike
Paris reports six people killed in a hospital bomb blast during an enemy raid. Miss Winga Caroline Martin, 32, of Rockville Center, L I, a McA canteen worker, among the dead. Mrs Phillips and Mr Salzer were wounded, total casualties listed as 100 killed and 100 wounded.
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Paris
Winga Caroline Martin
Rockville Center
L. L
W. B. Phillips
Coke Shipments Rise in Connellsville Region
Connellsville Pa March 1 An increase of 87500 tons in coke shipments from the Connellsville region during the last fiscal week brings total shipments above 380000 tons for the first time since last November.
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Connellsville
Would Force Tem To Help Teuton Army Northern Europe
A terse wartime note claims Tem would be compelled to aid the Teuton army operating in Northern Europe via Western communications lines. The report emphasizes strategic coordination and potential pressure from allied command to mobilize regional resources.
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TEM
Teuton Army
Submarine Blockade Aimed at Forcing Neutral Nations Aid
German war leaders use submarine warfare to thwart American efforts to feed neutrals in Europe. Evidence held by the war trade board shows submarines prevent neutral nations from receiving food from the United States and allies and coerce neutrality through starvation. Indications suggest this strategy aims to weaken neutral competitors after the war and force parity with Germany's dwindling mercantile fleet.
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Washington, D.C. Mar
Germany
War Trade Board
United States
Nentral Tenrace
Mercantie Marine
Three Navy Deaths Reported From Accidents
The Navy Department reports three fatalities from accidents on March 10 and March 11. Machinist's Mate Charles John Fazio of New York died from a skull fracture after a seaplane fall at Pensacola Florida. Musician George Dewey Sinks of Dayton Ohio, attached to the US steamship Nevada, was accidentally killed playing baseball. Coxswain William Emil Buerger of College Point New York died from a skull fracture after falling from a smokestack on the US steamship Burrows.
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Washington
Navy Department
Charles John Fazio
Tome
N. Y
Pensacola
Fla
George Dewey Sinks
Dayton
Nevada
William Emil Buerger
College Point
United States
Burrows
Ford Submarine Chasers Named Eagles of the Sea
The navy will designate Henry Ford built subs as Eagles forming the Eagle class. Contracts awarded for ten steel ships of 3,500 tons each to McDougal-Duluth. delivery by 1910. Additional orders include six 6,000-ton steel tankers to Baltimore Dry Dock and Ship Building and two steel tugboats to Harm and Grefling of Green Bay.
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Washington
Henry Ford
Navy
Eagle
Navy Department
Shipping Board
McDougal-Duluth Company
Duluth
Baltimore Dry Dock and Ship Building Company
Harm and Grefling Company
Green Bay, Wis
Bowts
Jacksonville High School Burns in Major Fire
Fire destroyed Jacksonville High School causing an estimated 100000 dollars in losses. Local churches including Trinity Episcopal Grace Baptist State Street Presbyterian North Minister were threatened, while David Prince school faced danger. Fire equipment arrived from Springfield.
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Jacksonville
Trinity Episcopal Church
Grace Church
Baptist Church
State Street Presbyterian Church
North Minster Church
David Prince
Springfield
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