VerduN Front Devastating Artillery Duel Rages
London dispatch reports near Verdun a fierce artillery duel with limited infantry action. German attempts east of Vacherauville failed under French fire as shells pounded Douaumont Haudremont and surrounding fronts. Both sides clash along the Meuse, Woevre, and Argonne sectors with heavy bombardment and minor ground gains.
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Lorraine
Thiaville
Argonne
London
sYerdun
Meuse
Vacherauville
Bras
Fort Douaumont
Haudremont Wood
Fourtons
Donaumont
Dombardment
Verdun
fiouanmont-Haudremont
Yreanes
Haudimont
Soissona
Berlin
Ferlin
Sar
Tt Ig
Douaumont
Moselle
Cousumont
Thiavisle
Badonviller Lorraines
Zeppelin Raid Over Northeast England
London reports two hostile airships crossed the northeast coast of England in a raid tonight. Bombs fell into the sea near the shore. no land damage confirmed. A further communication will be issued with clearer movements and effects.
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Zeppelin
England
London
Pope In Peage Appeal For Peace During Lent
The Vatican issues a special Lenten letter from Rome via Paris urging belligerents to sacrifice pride and interests to end the war. Pope Benedict repeats the proposal for each side to state aims but ready to make sacrifices, seeking a just lasting peace and relief for pitiful children of the dead.
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Aska
Rome
Paris
Benedict
Europe
Alma
Two Vessels Sunk Near Deal England
Lloyds reports two ships sunk off Deal England the British steamer Rothesay of Cardiff 2007 tons crew saved and the Norwegian steamer Egero of 1373 tons believed drowned after being struck by an unknown steamer near Deal. The Rothesay last arrived in Barcelona February 2 from the Clyde. The Egero built in 1883.
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London
Lloyds
Rothesay
Egero
Deal
England
Rothessy
Cardiff
Barcelona
Clyde
Allies Lose 33 Submarines Allegedly
A dispatch from Amsterdam via Exchange Telegraph cites the Frankfurter Zeitung claiming entente allies lost 33 submarines in the war. Breakdown given: Great Britain 19, France 8, Italy 4, Russia 2. only three reported as destroyed by German warships.
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London
Exchange Telegraph Company
Amsterdam
Frankfurter Zeitung
Great Britain
France
Italy
Russia
Fall of Baghdad Near Reported by Russian Forces
A special cable from Athens to The Telegraph via London reports imminent occupation of Baghdad by Russian forces, citing authoritative sources. The March 6 dispatch notes the Mesopotamian city’s fall appears near, signaling a major wartime development.
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Washington Post
London
Athens
Baghdad
Bryan Influence on Armed Ship Issue Fights House Vote
The administration plans a House vote on the armed ship issue with William Jennings Bryan’s views echoed by supporters. Bryan, in town for lunch with eight lawmakers nearby, repeats his stance that Americans should be warned off armed merchantmen, while the rules committee crafts a measure to table the McLemore resolution and allow the president to handle diplomatic negotiations without congressional interference.
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McLemore
Associated Press
William Jennings Bryan
Bryan
Representative Stephens
Nebraska
New York
Capitol
House Rules Committee
House
Foreign Affairs
S McLemore
Congress
Bush
Ltsten
Stephens
Kitchin
Rules Committee
Pon
Berlin Opinion Divided on Gore Resolution Tabling
Berlin reports the U S Senate's tabling of the Gore resolution was received calmly. Official and public reaction splits on whether the move helps or harms Germany, with officials arguing against the idea of a new term in English destruction and viewing it as an attack in self defense.
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Gore
Washington Post
Berlin
United States Senate
American Senate
Germany
Wilson
Verdun to Fall Says Berlin in War Hopes
Berlin reports in well informed military circles that Verdun will fall on schedule. Despite grief over heavy German losses, officials believe victory will be worth the cost as the titanic struggle continues around Verdun.
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Weakington
Berlin
Verdun
80 Nuns Driven From Mexico
A party of 30 nuns from the Order of Sales arrived in New York today aboard the Antonio Lopes. They left Morelia, Mexico, where church and convent property worth 250,000 dollars was confiscated by the Carranza government. The group, led by Mother Superior Francisc. Chacon y Antequera, plans to go to Spain after reports they were forbidden to work longer in Mexico.
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New York
Order of Salesane
Morelaa
Mexico
Carranza
Antonio Lopes
Francasc
Chacon Y Antequera
Spain
Panamans Fight Soldiers During Carnival Festivities
Special Cable reports in Panama that carnivals began with a clash between Panamanians and U.S. soldiers in a city park. The disturbance escalated briefly as several comrades intervened, ending the fracas with no serious injuries.
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Washington Post
Panama
Panamens
United States
Ted
Plot to topple Carranza blamed on Felix Diaz
Special to The Washington Post from El Paso March 5 reports Gen Alvaro Obregon, honeymooning in the west, alleging the Diaz faction planned the Ciudadela explosion and the capital move to Querétaro. He calls Diaz the weakest rebel leader and says he would face him to expose the revolution.
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el Paso
Villa Nor Zapata
Cally Diaz
Washington Post
Tex
Mexico City
Carranza
Alvaro Obregon
Mexico
Queretaro
Diaz
Felix Diaz
Villa
Zapata
Felix Dias
Moewe Home Safely After Cruising Victory Parade
Berlin announces the German commerce raider Moewe returned to a home port with 199 prisoners and 1,000,000 marks in gold aboard. The ship captured or sank multiple British vessels including Saxon Prince and Maroni, while crew members received Iron Cross honors. Moewe’s route included the Atlantic to Wilhelmshaven amid British patrols.
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Berlin
London
Luxembourg
Moewe
King Eds
Fraph Company Cebte
Amsterdam
Wilhelmshaven
Vén Dohna
Count von Dahna
William
Moane
North Sea
Newport News
Berg
Edward VIII
Newport Newa
South Africa
Europe
Canary Islands
Weatburn
Brazil
Thieves Loot New York Studio Of Murillo Valued At 10000
Burglars with art taste entered M A Ramus Rasko s studio on Friday night and stole a Murillo valued at 10000 along with an express rifle once owned by Nelson O Shaughnessy and a Paris gown imported for Anna Holch. The door was forced and wines and playing cards were left behind. The exhibit shows the burglars knew high art and ransacked the artist s table.
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Rob Retnitz-Rasko
New York
Cindy
Weehington Post
O'Shaughnessy
Existtence
Edward
Mr. Rasko
Verdun Attacks and Peace Appeals Highlight 1916 Index
The index lists items including French Verdun attacks, a pope peace appeal, Bryan aboard an armed ship plan to attack Carranza, Moewe home safe, a $10,000 Murillo theft, house records, Verdun fall figures, mystery ship shots, 138,000 lost in Bessarabia, and political notes on Untermyer praising the president, Hughes, Whitlock for cabinet, and party leadership in North Carolina along with church and sporting sections and local briefs.
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Verdun
Pope
Bryan
Carranza
Murillo
Sheila
Mystery Ship
Bessaraba
T. R. Untermyer
Hughes
N. Y
Whitlock
van Schaick
News of Alexandria
Holland
North Carolina
Thwart Church Theft Near St Marys Church
Three men armed with revolvers dynamite and blasting gear were arrested on a shed roof near St Marys Catholic Church in the North End after a struggle. Held on breaking and entering charges and held at 26 000 each, later identified as Costa De Natti Conti. Police link Costa to possible theft plot targeting church basement safe with bombs to destroy the edifice.
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Boxton
St. Mary’s
North End
John Costa
Cleveland
Ohio
Joh de Natti
Rosario Conti
Philadelphia
Costa
Jean Crones
Chicago
Polaoe
Salient Features of Strike Crippling Washington Rail Lines
A wave of railroad worker action in Washington centers on conductor and motorman demands for thirty cents hourly pay raises and twelve hour shifts within a ten to twelve hour window. Regulars to be relieved when extra staff is available, and pay due if they report for duty but are not deployed through no fault of their own. Railroads say unions unnecessary amid generous benefits. Last night’s traffic halt cited fears of violence. cars set to resume at 6 am. Estimated 1200 to 1400 workers involved with minimal property damage.
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Bryan
Washington
Wilmington
Del
Clark
Representative Shackleford
House
Stephens
Congress
Virginia
Tte
Carmen
T Electric Lighting Company
Washington strike disrupts city transit and crews mobilize
Mediators fail to break the deadlock between Washington Railway and Electric and Capital Traction and 1200 striking motormen and conductors. Police discover a crowbar in a trolley slot, and streetcar service halts after 50 percent runs. Supplemental transport, improvised vehicles, and eager volunteers prepare to cover the city as government clerks and workers head to desks amid ongoing unrest.
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Capital Traction Company
New York
New Jersey Avenues
Baltimore
Washington
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