Verdun Bombardment and Carpathian Battle News
British dispatches report heavy fighting in the Carpathians with Austrians said to have lost 18 100 men in a single day while Russian forces press through Dukla pass into Hungary. In the west German bombardment targets Verdun as Allied defenses hold along the Yser and Nieuport, with air and naval activity intensifying.
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London
Uzsek
Lupkow
Carpathians
Petrograd
Dukla Pass
Hungary
Allis
Yser
Verdun
Cayar
Alry
Wser
Nieuport
Llevente
Russia Unable To Aid In Urmia Region Abductions
Russian ambassador George Hakhmeteff told Secretary Bryan Russia could not spare a large force for Urmia in Persia where uprisings target American missionaries and other foreigners. Intercession was not sought. sending a small detachment would not help. Britain and America planned to ask for Muslim consuls to press for troops, but no request was received.
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Uramiah
Yersia
Fer
Scome
Allied Ships Bombard Zeebrugge to Sink Submarine
Allied warships off Zeebrugge fired shells into the harbor to destroy a submarine near the shore end of the breakwater. Four German planes flew over the ships. one was shot down, and both the pilot and observer were killed.
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Zeebrugge
Dying Wife Forced to Watch as Charles Newman Ends Life
Charles L Newman of Brookfield a writer and eccentric gardener died after swallowing paris green while his wife Mrs. Newman sat by his bedside at his insistence. He dictated a final scenario of his death during the nine hours before death with convulsions and a physician arriving too late.
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Washington Post
Chicago
Charles L Newman
Brookfield
Paris
Mrs. Newman
E. B. Hoffman
Newman
Villa Indemnity Paid in Mexico Amid Looted Treasury
Indemnity of 160 008 pesos paid to Ruth McManus widow of John B. McManus notes Villa Zapata payment following Zapata government claims. Carranza officials accused of removing 16,000,000 pesos in bonds and securities from the treasury, many owned by foreigners, with deposits by concession holders. Page ends with continuation notice.
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Brownsville
Villa
Torreon
Gutierrez
Obregon
Mexico City
Ruth McManus
John B. McManus
Zapata
State Department
Villa-Zapata Convention
Carranza
National Treasury
The
Publica
King George to quit drink to set example for English
London March 31 King George urges drastic anti drinking measures to speed war munitions. He may personally give up alcohol and issue royal orders to end royal household consumption. Lord Stamfordham submits a letter detailing the grave impact of drink on war output and the need for strong action, including possible total prohibition pending parliament action.
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London
George
David Loys George
Exchequer
Lord Stamfordham
Lloyd George
Lord Kitchener
Grave issue raised as ship blaze case draws officials
Reports from Paris and Hardwick Massachusetts detail a complex incident tied to the Falaba sinking. Records show Leon C Thresher born in Hardwick, Massachusetts, among passengers lost. Washington awaits Ambassador Page report as Secretary Bryan presses for clarity amid German submarine actions and note warnings.
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Massachusetts
Germany
Leon C. Thresher
oMaiuis
Bryan
Ambassador Page
London
Thresher
Department
Page
Hardwick
Mass
Leon Chester Thresher
Walaba
Wales
United States
Tie
Washington
Leon
Austin M. Thresher
West Springfield
Frederick H. Gillett
Walter Innes Page
Son Thresher
Springfield
Europe
Alaska
10 000 Indians Revolt in Tochi Frontier Battle
A March report from Sick India says 10 006 tribesmen mainly Zadraye gathered to attack Tochi near Miransuah post. Brig Gen Fane’s troops repulsed the uprising at dawn on the 26th, with 200 killed and 300 wounded. recon found no trace of the band. The uprising ties to a broader Holy War narrative on the Northwest Frontier and Indian unrest tied to German sources. Earlier february an Indian regiment revolted at Singapore with substantial casualties.
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India
Tochi Haa
Zadraye
Tochi
Miransuah
Fane
Afghanistan
Punjab
Delhi
Singapore
Steamer Antilla Freed After Prize Court Action
The Norwegian steamer Taurus was detained at Kirkwall and sent to Dundee for prize court review, and the American steamer Antilla is cleared to resume its voyage to Copenhagen after cargo discharge. British officials had inspected the cargo in New York before relocation. Two more vessels with lard and supplies remain under prize court investigations.
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England
London
Taurus
Kirkwall
Dundee
New York
Copenhagen
OVEN FIRE REIGNS FOUR YEARS AFTER USE ENDS
In South Norwalk Connecticut a workman burned his feet dismantling a long unused oven. Crowds gathered as workers confirmed the oven remained hot despite years without fire. Local officials say the incident stemmed from handling an old bakery device once central to daily operations.
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Washington Post
South
Norwalk
Conn
Index To Today's Issue Highlights War and Finance
Page list includes austrians fall villa indemnity liner blaze American death roiling London zeppelins boom in stocks suffrage map campaign hats public notices. Also ships sunk, prince call, 1916 aid, track sale, divorce, Japanese demands, editorial, society, sports, finances, Russians rolled back, gold ship suit, submarine loss, cash register review, city streetcar line.
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London
Whitman
Sheepshead Bay
i—Society
Holland
Hké
I Street Car Line
London Legal Target Defended Against Zeppelin Bombardment
German Admiralty and General Staff claim the right to attack London by air if needed. Officials say bombardment would not violate laws of war, citing defense status and targets like docks and government buildings. Document notes that international treaties may not constrain aerial bombardment. MED ON FIFTH PAGE.
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Karl H. von Wiegand
Berlin
Copenhagen
Paris
London
Gneral Staff
Admiralty
Ita
Hague
Aero Bombs Kill 30 and Wound 60 Soldiers in Town
Amsterdam dispatch reports that thirty German soldiers were killed and sixty wounded near Thourourt Belgium on Saturday by bombs dropped by five Allied airmen. The Tijd says bombs were dropped on the German submarine base near Bruges yesterday with unknown results.
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Tijo
Thourourt
Bruges
Japan Presses Ultimatum as Peking Fights Extra-Territorial Rights
Beijing reports deadlock in talks over Manchuria and Shantung. Yuan Shi Kai and Lu Cheang Hsiang oppose absolute Japanese extraterritoriality while M. Hicks refuses further discussion. Japan seeks revisions, with Articles 17 13 and the Tianyehping group debated. Mongolia to be discussed separately.
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China
Manchuria
Shantung
Yuao
Peking
Japan
Yuan Shi Kai
Lu Cheang-Hsiang
M. Hicks
M. Hioki
Lu Cheng-Hsiang
Manchura
Mongolian
Mongolia
Fort Arthur
South Manchurian
Antung- Mukden
Kirin-Changchun
Prinz Eitel Friedrich Coal Dashes to Bremen Dash
Under U S navy supervision the German merchant raider Prinz Eitel Friedrich nears 1600 tons of coal to fuel the cruiser in Newport News Virginia March 31. Marines and American patrols guard the pier and waters of the James River as barges deliver coal and access is barred.
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Newport News
United States Navy
Thiertchens
Washington
Norfolk Navy Yard
United States
James River
Alabama
Navy Yard
118Th Coset Artillery
Fort Monroe
Tring Eltel
Naval
Ejites
Hampton Roads
Ixted
Stock Exchange Abolishes Minimum Prices Restoring Normal Trading
New York March 30 the New York Stock Exchange recommends removing minimum price rules after a strong market showing with 199 issues trading 746000 shares and bond dealings totaling 4328000 per value. Committee discharge signals return to normal trading despite earlier fears of European liquidation.
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United States
New York Stock Exchange
Stock Exchange
Committee of Three
Requisition of neutral ships argued in prize court
London March 1 crown counsel presented an order in council allowing requisition of any neutral ship, a surprise change to prize court rule 24. The Wilhelmina cargo case adjourned to April 1 to renew requests for a trial date and a ruling on whether the ship should be released to the crown. Counsel for Wilhelmina owners warned the move may be a ruse to dispose of cargo.
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Prise
Wilhelmina
Crown
Tonigin
W. L. Greer & Co
A Louie
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