German Offensive Near Cambrai Presses British Front
British and German reports describe intense bombardment and heavy infantry attacks across a fifty mile front in the Cambrai region. German forces allegedly penetrated some trenches while suffering exceptionally heavy losses as tanks were rumored to be used and Ostend and Helgoland were attacked by British forces.
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London
Scarpe
Wendguil
Reuters
Flesquieres
Marshal Haig
France
Lagnicourt
Gauche Wood
Rewter
War Office
Vendeuil
St. Bentin
Dover
England
Berlin
Cambrai
la Pere
Ostend
Helgoland
Germans Open Terrific Attack on Wide Front
British hold battle lines intact while mowing down great numbers of German attackers in mass formations near the Cambrai sector. American correspondence notes the Germans pressing forward after heavy artillery, with machine guns decimating waves of assault.
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Champagne
Reims
Verdun
Reins
Reiis
Lorraine
Evening Journal
London
Cambrai
Boy Scouts Urged to Help Liberty Loan Campaign
President Woodrow Wilson and Secretary McAdoo urged the boy scouts to join the third Liberty Loan drive. Wilson praised their patriotic and effective service in wartime activities as a strong example of organized youth aiding the nation in winning the war.
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New York
Wilson
Secretary of the Treasury
McAdoo
Wilson Signs Railroad Bill Keeps Rail Lines Under U S Control
President Wilson signed the WIN placing railroads under government operation and control. The measure extends until twenty one months after the war’s end, with the United States directing railway policy and use.
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United States
Washington
Wilson
Warner Miller Dies Former New York Senator at 79
Warner Miller formerly United States senator from New York from 1881 to 1887 died in a hospital in East New York at age seventy nine. His death follows a long illness, with services and full obituary planned by family and friends in the state.
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Warner Miller
United States
New York
East
British French Destroyers Sink German Vessels Off Dunkerque
British and French destroyers engage German forces off Dunkerque after heavy shelling by German ships. Two German destroyers and two torpedo boats are believed sunk with one British destroyer damaged and casualties reported on the British side. no French losses. Survivors from two German torpedo boats were rescued.
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London
Admiralty
Dunkerque
Vicw
Dover
Anverson
T Ferce
Wheat price fixed at 2.50 per bushel by Senate
Washington March 22 the Senate approved a government guaranteed wheat price increase to 2.50 per bushel. An amendment to the agricultural appropriation bill proposed by Senator Gore Oklahoma providing the higher price was adopted.
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Washington
Senate
Gore
Oklahoma
J. W. W. Washington
Industrial Workers of the World
Chamberlain
Senate Military Committee
German proposal to seize Russian fleets as indemnity
Petrograd reports Russian newspapers predict Germany will ask the Soviet to transfer the Baltic and Black Sea fleets as full compensation for the eight billion rubles demanded by the Central Powers. The figure is stated as 8,000,000,000 rubles, about 31.5 billion in a later rendering.
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Petrograd
Germany
Baltic
Black Sea
Baker reviews NEN in Mad American War Front Visit
Secretary of War Baker concludes France inspection from Verdun to HQ. He reviews a First Division brigade, visits Jeanne d Arc birthplace, and tours likely active sectors with French and American troops. Night raid east of Luneville yields trench penetration and hand to hand combat. gas and shell retaliation reported. Also, five bombs seized from Danish schooner Folske Suit before West Indies voyage.
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Verdun
Fort Douaumont
Jeanne of Arc
France
Luneville
Baker
Mobile
Ala
Folske
West Indies
Riots in Reichstag Over Russian Peace Treaty Criticism
Munich Zeitung reports wild scenes in the Reichstag as independent socialist members charged the chair in protest of Vice President and Doctor Lederrour's criticisms of the Russian peace treaty. Floor officers restored order.
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Zurich
Reichstag
Munich Zeitung
Doctor LedeRour
Steel price rise submitted for Wilson approval
Increases in steel prices effective April 1 were submitted to President Wilson for approval by the War Industries Board price fixing committee. The decision followed a two day conference with steel manufacturers.
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Washington
Wilson
The
War Industries Board
Depth Charge Explosion Kills Four Aboard Manley
Washington reports the destroyer Manley collided with a British warship on March 1. A depth charge on the Manley exploded, killing one American officer and three sailors, with seven injured. The dead include Lt. Commander Richard McCall Fettett of New York, Cecil Hall of Charleston W Va, Lewis Cohen of New York, and Charles Magoni of West Springfield Mass.
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Washington
Navy Department
Manley
Fettett
Richard McCall, Jr
Leutenant
New York
Hall
Cecil
Charleston
W. Va
Ohen
Lewis
Koatswain
Magoni, Charles
West Springfield
Mass
Japanese Mission Welcomed by President Wilson
President Wilson receives the Japanese military mission in Washington on March 22 as tensions rise in the war effort. Dispatch reports Kherson in Ukraine near Odessa has fallen to Teutonic forces.
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Washington
Wilson
Terlin
Mareh
Kherson
Ukraine
Odessa
Paleper
Teutonic Forces
Cuneunces
Bloodgood Threatens Indictment and Martial Rule in Milwaukee
Wheeler Bloodgood, Milwaukee defense leader, says papers exist to indict Mayor Hoan and would seek martial law if officials fail to curb Socialist influence. He vows action to prevent Hoan’s re election, citing wartime needs and loyalty to the nation. He warns against a Socialist government and mentions readiness for drastic measures. The report notes dynamite found near a munition mill.
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Bloodgood
Hoan
City
Milwaukee
Wheeler P. Bloodgood
County Councill of Defense
Kloan
Uint Hoan
Mgr. Bloodgood
Hloan
Tin
Socialist Platform
America
Congress
France
Wilson
Wisconsin
French Break Up Attacks on West Front
German bombardments hit many sectors along the west front. Near Paris three strong infantry assaults were repelled by French counter fire. Germans suffered heavy losses and failed to reach objectives.
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Paris
West Front
Ursus
U.S. Artillery Hard Hit In Lunville Sector
American guns renewed fire in France targeting German lines in Lunville. Both enemy front lines were nearly obliterated by the heavy bombardment as U.S. artillery pressed the attack amid renewed enemy activity.
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Lunville
Evening Journal
France
Dynamite Found Near Power Plant Raises Alarm
A package discovered 20 feet from the National Brake and Electric plant contained 48 sticks of dynamite and black powder. Charles Pritther, machine shop foreman, initially thought the bundle were overalls. Officials note National Brake works on government contracts.
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National Brake and Electric Company
Belleview Place
Charles Pritther
German war cost rises as Reichstag debates credit
Amsterdam reports a war credit of 15 million marks for first reading as Germany lists monthly war costs rising from 2 billion to 8.75 billion marks in five months. Secretary Count van Roeden cites total war cost at 530 billion marks, with the Entente accused of spending 370 billion.
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Amsterdam
Reichstag
Count van Roedern
Imperial Treasury
Gemany
Maura Asked to Form New Cabinet in Madrid
Madrid reports Antonio Maura, former premier and conservative leader, has been instructed by King Alfonso to form a new cabinet. The Marquis de Alhucemas cabinet resigned on March 9 and agreed to continue in office after yielding to the king. A Bilbao dispatch says Alhucemas has not resigned again.
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Madrid
Antonio Maura
Alfonso
Marquis de Alhucemas
Bilbao
de Alhucemas
Week's Deaths in Camps Reported
The army health report for the week shows higher sickness and deaths in National Army camps than National Guard camps. The rise is linked to large numbers of drafted men arriving at the camps. Total deaths in all camps reached 180, up from 156 the prior week.
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Washington
Army
National Army Thun
National Guard
Japs Going Home to Fight
Japanese from across the Pacific coast gather in Manzanillo awaiting steamers to San Francisco. Reservists are being called from North South and Central American countries, as men prepare to depart for combat.
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Mexico
San Francisco
Manzanillo
Mico
Pacific Coast
South
Central America
Americans Reach Harbin Amid Diplomatic Movement
Americans arrival in Harbin reported by Ambassador Fraucia includes James G. Batley secretary of the American embassy in Petrageed and thirty-three other U S travelers as of March 22.
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Harbin
Washington
James G. Batley
Petrageed
State Department
Fraucia
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