New Fight Looms After McLemore Resolution Move
Leaders forecast a fresh clash in Congress over a McLemore resolution warning armed merchant ships from belligerent nations. The House and Senate faces a tense week as rules and calendar maneuvers threaten to prolong the dispute and test administration support.
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Cost Of Verdun Shells Placed At 24 Million By Expert
An artillery expense estimate for Verdun places the cost of shells between 20 and 24 million dollars, based on 2 million shells and 70 centimeter field guns. The figure likely understates true costs due to German big guns and high price projectiles. Additional outlays include millions of small arms rounds, hospital services, and heavy losses on both sides.
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Verdun Shell Onslaught Reaches Four-Day Toll At Verdun
Paris reports French and German artillery exchange during the opening four days of Verdun. Estimates put German shelling at around two million rounds, heavily aimed at pulverizing defenses and enabling masked infantry advances. French firepower matched the intensity as bombardment and hand to hand clashes occurred amid ruined trench lines.
Underwater Periscope Rumor Sways Italian Sinkings
Rome reports an Austro German theory of submarine warfare using an underwater periscope to observe without exposing the sub. The Italian steamship Glava was sunk after torpedoing with claims survivors saw looting and doubted periscope use. The Messagera notes the crew thought the submarine may be German.
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Millions of Starved Russians Victims of Bad Government
Berlin dispatch reports M. Tcheidse, a socialist deputy, told the Russian duma that Russia faces grim prospects and that battlefield losses pale beside starving millions caused by incompetent governance. He warned postwar Russia may become inconsequential. The discussion touches war policy and British-US diplomacy amid submarine tensions. The piece notes government corruption, labor reprisals, and arrests in major cities as part of the broader crisis.
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Americans Sail on Anchor Line Liner California
The Anchor Line steamship California with 248 passengers including 13 Americans departed New York for Glasgow via Liverpool today. The ship, originally expected to sail Saturday, was delayed by orders from the home office due to cable communications.
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Queen Mother Elisabeth Leaves Estate to Charities
A Bucharest dispatch reports the late Queen Mother Elisabeth Carmen Sylva bequeathed all her property to charitable institutions. The correspondent notes she stayed conscious nearly to the end and dictated a response to a telegram from the German legation at Verdun.
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Mystery warship fires at unknown craft off Virginia capes
reports from Norfolk say a mysterious sailing craft, believed to be French, fired upon a warship near Cape Henry as Sydney, the Australian cruiser, guarded Virginia capes. Sydney later lost track of the stranger while the approaching steamers were halted by lights and search.
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Col House Here Today Report Ready For President
Col House arrives in New York from Europe aboard the Rotterdam on a confidential mission for President Wilson. He says public mood toward the United States abroad is not bitter and that belligerent nations are tense, urging Americans to be understanding. He plans to return to Washington to brief the President and will not make Washington his permanent home, reaffirming Texas as his base.
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New British Rules Tighten Aliens Access to Prohibited Areas
London on March 5 reports the home office has issued stricter controls on Americans and other friendly aliens in designated prohibited zones of military importance. After March 13 aliens may not enter these areas without police permission or an identity book. Visitors must apply days in advance for any restricted area trips.
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Russians Bombard Craters in Northwest Russia Fight
London reports furious fighting near ukst over craters of fourteen mines exploded by Russians. Six craters captured by Russians. Germans surrounded in a partly demolished blockhouse with heavy losses. Bucharest dispatches note wide Russian troop movements in Bessarabia.
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Russian Casualties Put At 133000 In Bessarabian Fighting
Berlin reports via Cologne Gazette citing Petrograd advices that Russian casualties near the Bessarabian frontier total about 133000, with 183000 estimated by the Gazette and seven Austro Hungarian calculations exceeded. No official Russian loss total is published.
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Forty Die After Train Wreck Near Nish Serbia
Odessa reports that forty people were killed when a passenger train wreck occurred on the Berlin Constantinople line near Nish Serbia. Investigation indicates loosened rails caused the derailment and widespread damage.
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French Halt Attacks Persist Near Douaumont and Vaucluse
Reports describe continued German efforts around Douaumont and the village approaches, with repairs of a damaged attack east of Vacherauville. In the Woëvre the Fresnes region and Heudimont area saw heavy bombardment while Allied artillery hit moving German troops north of Vach erauville near Bois des Fonses and Louvemont.
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Verdun Battle Looms Larger As Duke Describes Carnage
Paris March The Duke of Rohan a chamber member and cavalry captain wounded twice in Fort Douaumont says Verdun scenes grow each day and that the Cousumont struggle is only an episode He notes the real German danger lies elsewhere and calls the carnage awful with the snow no longer white.
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Fear of Violence Halts Car Service In Washington
A Washington street car strike provokes mass meetings and clashes as mediators seek settlement. Officials report police orders to maintain impartiality and avoid violence while workers press for better hours pay and conditions amid a near deadlock.
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Schiffmanns New Concentrated Expectorant Adverts
An advertisement touts Schiffmanns New Concentrated Expectorant with a money back guarantee. It promises relief for bronchitis, whooping cough, croup, and other bronchial ailments and claims eight times more medicine per price than older remedies.
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