Leipzig Sees German Sub War Firm Yet Trade Belief
Carl W. Ackerman reports from Leipzig on public mood toward submarine warfare. Business leaders favor continued raids despite risk to relations with the United States, while hoping for peace to ease material shortages. The city, busier than Berlin, notes rising pork supplies and taxi traffic as it watches Zeppelins overhead.
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Carl W. Ackerman
United Press
Leipzig
Germany
America
Washington
Berlin
Appam Protest Stirs U S German Shipping Dispute
Richmond reports Ambassador von Hindenstorf lodged a formal protest with Secretary Lansing over U S jurisdiction on the Appam case. Judge Waddill granted Berg till March 20 to answer the amended libel amid talks of a March 27 trial, with the ship to stay at a Norfolk wharf.
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Richmond
von Hmeenstorf
Lansing
United States District Court For
Piatrict
Virginia
Appam
High Seas
Moewe
Galent
Hans Berg
Edmund Waddilll
British African Steamship Company
Norfolk
Berg
Fernstorff
Prussia
United States
Moewe's Homecoming Victory and Appam Capture
Berlin reports the war raider Moewe is safely back at a home port after eluding the British blockade. The narrative details how Moewe captured the British steamer Appam and sent her as a prize to America, and how she defeated the Clan MacTavish before sinking it.
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Berlin
Moewe
Appam
America
Clan MacTavish
High Jump in Europe Food Prices Hit Teutonic Allies
A Department of Labor report shows sharp price increases across Europe with Vienna most affected. Meats rose from 20 to 47 cents per pound, beef from 22 to 33, bacon to 64, eggs to 80 cents, and lard doubling. Britain up 44 percent, France rice up 23 percent. Italy slower, Netherlands neutral but rising. U S food costs up 3 percent from a year ago.
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Department of Labor
Bureau of Labor
Germany
Austria
England
France
Vienna
Berlin
Great Britain
Italy
Netherlands
United States
Bureau
Swedes Say Wilson Twice Refused Mediation Offers
Stockholm reports say Sweden asked the United States twice to secure President Wilson's help for a peace mediation conference. Wilson reportedly refused early on unless urged by the belligerents, and discussions in neutral capitals consider forming a mediation conference without U.S. participation.
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Wilson
London
Heuter
Copenhagen
Politiken
Stockholm
United States
Day's Events of World War Told at a Glance for Busy Readers
Berlin Germans captured Fresnes southeast of Verdun and defeated British at Vermeiles. Paris notes Germans advancing in Verdun region and on the Meuse west bank, reaching Regneville skirts. Fresnes and hill 265 taken but with heavy losses. London reports Russia rejected Turkish peace proposals. Amsterdam says French aviators bombarded Metz forts.
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Fresnes
Verdun
Vermeiles
Paris
Meuse
Regneville
Bois Des Corbeaux
Bois
Hardaumont
Freanes
Vosges
Diffenbach
Muhlbach
Wattwiller
Woerre
War Office
la Bassee
Vermelies
Champagne
Maisons-de-Champagne
Woevré
Frasnes
Bar-le-Due
Devine Ships to Petrograd to Plan Prison Camp Inspectors
Dr Edward T Devine of Columbia University sails for Petrograd to map out duties of a Red Cross led party chosen by Director Bicknell to inspect Austro German prison camps. State Department negotiates with Russia via the American embassy at Petrograd for authority to send agents.50 to 100 such agents are now in war zones and at large in the belligerent nations.
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E. T. Devine
Columbia University
Director Bicknell
American Red Cross
United Press
State Department
Offclala
Pat- Tograd
Russia
Edward T. Devine
Petrograd
Bicknell
Department
Heir to dukedom slain in accidental blast
Paris dispatch reports Maj Lord Desmond Fitzgerald of the Irish Guards, heir presumptive to the duke of Leinster, killed in Calais when a tent bomb exploded. He was aged about 39, wounded in WWI, and had been mentioned in dispatches for distinguished service. Born 1888, educated at Eton.
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Paris
Lord Desmond Fitzgerald
Irish Guards
Duke of
Germans Fear US Backing Prolongs War Says Berlin Aide
Roy Samuel MacAlwee, secretary to the American consul general in Berlin, states Germany sees the United States as an ally of the Entente, believes US sympathy will prolong the war, and remains confident of victory despite a US entry risk. He reports Berlin’s view that Germany cannot be starved and that military leaders doubt peace prospects.
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Leipzi
Wilson
Leipzig
United Preas
United States
Germany
Washington
Berlin
International News Service
New York
England
Ruaala
France
Roy Samuel MacAlwee
Kristianiafjord
MacElwee
Washnington
ImacElwee
Copenhagen
Stockholm
National Life Insurance Company of the United States of America
F Street
J. G. Preinkert
Tadies
F St. N. W
Warships strength and munitions rise for Britain
The wartime speaker notes British naval power has grown over 19 months since the war began. Armored cruisers are weaker due to losses, but overall builds in dreadnoughts, battleships, cruisers, destroyers, and patrol craft have surged. Guns, stores, and munitions likewise show large increases.
Enver Pasha Reported Dead Amid Assassination Wound
London dispatch says rumors circulate that Enver Pasha, wounded in the attempted assassination at Constantinople, has died of his wounds. The report comes via the Exchange Telegraph Company from Athens on March 7.
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Washington Post
London
Xchange Telegraph Company
Athénasaya
Enver Pasha
Constantinople
Vast World War Booty Report From Germany
Berlin reports through the Transocean News Bureau that 1,429,171 enemy soldiers are prisoners in Germany. Captured items include 9,700 cannons, 7,700 carriages, 3,000 machine guns, and 1,300,000 rifles. many guns reissued by Germany and other captures left in Austria-Hungary are not counted.
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Berlin
Sayville
Transocean
Germany
Austria-Hungary
Speaker denounces German lobby tale as lies amid K owel charges
Speaker Clark angrily dismissed New York claims that a German American lobby aimed to defeat Wilson over submarine policy and control the Democratic convention. Nebraska representative Stephens admitted meeting Marsalis, a pro German lobbyist, while denying knowledge of his ties. Koelbe, Gonzalés org, denied collaboration with Marsalis and asserted loyalty to America.
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New York
Wilson
Marsalia
Marsalis
Ghiet ‘Labbytat
Stephens
Nebraska
Bryan
T. L. Marsalis
A. G. Koelbe
House
Gore
Senate
Marsalig
Marsalta
Cheirman Flood
House Foreign Lattalia Committee
Locke
Padgett
House Naval Affairs Committee
McLemore
White House
Alphonse Koelble
United German Societies
America
Sudh
British wives protest conscription burden on families
London reports 40000 posters summon married men aged 19 to 26 under Lord Derby's plan with end-April calls up to 45. Wives complain of $6.75 weekly support for large households while many single men remain in reserve occupations. Debate splits over economy, rent moratoriums, and war manpower.
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London
Lord Derby
Great Britain
Aaquith
Lloyd George
French Admit Verdun Setback as Germans Press On
German war office reports say German forces advanced toward Verdun on the west bank of the Meuse after capturing Fresnes and pushing near Hill 265 and Goose Hill. French statements acknowledge bombardments, losses at Fresnes, and retreats along portions of the line amid renewed fighting.
Berlin German Note Sparks Renewed Arabic Souring Charges
London reports British reply to Berlin through the American ambassador, reiterating calls for an impartial inquiry into the Baralong affair. The note sharply challenges German accounts of the Arabic sinking and the Danish coast incident, insisting no eyewitness proof supports Germany’s version and condemning German naval conduct as unverified and implausible.
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London
Berlin
Baralong
Germany
Gerard
Walter Hines Page
Jaat Fell
Great Britain
Clark Birthday Ovation Delays Ship Warning Debate
The House paused amid a five minute ovation for Speaker Champ Clark on his sixty sixth birthday as Republican Leader Mann highlighted the occasion. The McLe more resolution fight paused, order proved hard to restore, and President Wilson sent a congratulatory birthday letter praising Clark.
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Mann
McLemore
House
Champ Clark
Wilson
Clark
Garner
Oaxaca Burned as Carranza Troops Advance
Reports to the State Department say Oaxaca, Mexico, was burned on March 5 as Carranza forces moved in. Evacuation occurred of those in control as troops approached. Carranza denies claims of Felix Disshay entering Mexico. Unclear details follow a reported bloody battle north of Cazaca with two rebel generals killed.
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Mexico
State Department
Carranza
Garranas
Carransa
Felix Disshay
Cootlan
Cazaca
Advican
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