First Armed Ship Sails Within Week Amid War Talk
President directs Navy to arm merchant ships against submarines as dispatches seal guns at navy yards. Within seven days the first armed American merchant ship may sail from New York toward a barred zone, signaling a shift toward armed neutrality and possible U.S. entry into conflict with Germany.
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Navy Yards
Germany
United States
Navy
State Department
New York Harbor
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Tsistince
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Arming U S Ships Declared War Warns Rundschau
Ferlin Miren writes The Tanghchei Rundschau says arming American merchant ships means war and that the United States becomes the attacking party the moment it ships to Bea against the German L boats.
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Tanghchei Rundschau
United States
Bea
L-boata
Berlin Protests Arming Ships Amid Barred Zone Clash
The United States said American ships would sink suspicious submarines on sight after Germany reiterated its position to arm and sink vessels in the barred zone. Swiss Minister Dr Paul Ritter met State Department Counselor Polk to convey Germany’s views, with no expected U S response.
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State Department
Paul Ritter
Germany
Ritter
Polk
United States
Turks Battle Near Bagdad Reported By Telegraph
London March 16 British troops in Mesopotamia engage Turkish forces holding the Diala River six miles below Bagdad. An official statement notes gunboats and cavalry discovered the enemy line on March 7. Russian war department says Russians captured Senne and nearby Turkish positions, bringing Russian forces within 25 miles of the upper Diala near the British attack.
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Armancourt
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Lolr Trenth
Adriatic Arrives in New York After Crossing Atlantic
White Star Line ship Adriatic, departing Liverpool March 1, docked in New York March 10 with 278 passengers. Officers reported no U boat sighting. a 6 inch stern gun and smoke screens kept ready during voyage. Among steerage were 65 seamen and horsemen, including Americans from wrecked ships. Captain Takashima of Chinto Maru, torpedoed January 4, also aboard returning to Japan.
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New York
White Star Line
Liverpool
Takashima
Gibraltar
Japan
Relief ship sinks as Mediterranean losses mount
Berlin reports 12 vessels destroyed by submarine action in the Mediterranean with nine steamers and three sailing vessels sunk. The Storstad, carrying maize for Belgium, was torpedoed after attempting a tow. 27 crew members were landed, one American among them, with others missing. The Ohio, a French-flag freighter, is rumored torpedoed. the French Line seeks confirmation.
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Storetad
Storstad
Cork
Lloyds Weekly
John Roy Christian
Washington
Christian
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Ohio
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Berlin
Sayville
Admiralty
Marino
Death plot case ends in British jury verdict
British jury in Old Bailey convicts Mrs Alice Wheeldon and her co defendants in a powder poison plot against Lloyd George and Henderson. Mrs Wheeldon sentenced to ten years penal servitude, daughter Mrs Winifred Mason to five years, husband Alfred Mason seven years, while Miss Harriet Wheeldon is acquitted. Mrs Sylvia Pankhurst testifies denying suffrage group involvement.
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Pankhurst
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London
Bliloyd George
Arthur Henderson
Alice Wheeldon
Winifred Mason
Alfred Mason
Harriett Wheeldon
Sylvia Pankhurst
Old Bailey
Wheeldon
Booth
Hfe
England
Austrian ambassador aims for new embassy building
Count Tarnowski newly appointed ambassador from Austria-Hungary seeks a new embassy site, signaling expected continuity in diplomatic ties. The old building fronts the British embassy while the rear faces the Secretary of State Lansing’s residence, and Tarnowski has not yet presented credentials to the President.
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Count Tarnowski
Austria-Hungary
Lansing Count Tarnowski
Reserve Bank Employee Shot In Philadelphia Robbery
A Federal Reserve Bank messenger was held up and shot on a Philadelphia street today. He was robbed of a satchel containing 1500 dollars in cash and 8600 in checks. The highwayman, who captured the satchel, was later caught and identified as Frank Smith, 23, of Chicago. The messenger, David Findloff, lies in hospital with bullet wounds to the legs and arms but is expected to recover.
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Federal Reserve Bank
Frank Smith
Chicago
David Findloff
Strike Looms as Open Shop Threatens DC Trolley Lines
Washington strike fears rise as Capital Traction and Washington Railway and Electric reach open shop terms. Union seeks King to sign a parallel pact. midnight meeting at Lyceum to decide action. Expiring agreement renewals, nonunion workers, and potential partial walkout raise crisis over city streetcar service.
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Washington Railway and Electric Company
Capitol Traction Company
Washington Railway and Electric
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Capital Traction Co
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April War Month Ties to U S Conflicts
The piece notes that except for the 1812 war, major U S wars began in April. It cites the Revolutionary War starting April 19 1775 at Concord and Lexington, the Mexican War declaration April 24 1846, the Black Hawk War starting April 21 1831, the Civil War began April 12 1861 with Fort Sumter, and the Spanish American War declaration April 21 1898.
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United States
Concord
Lexington
Mexico
Fort Sumter
Spain
Carranza exposes German bid on Mexico and Japan
El Paso March 10 international dispatch says First Chief Carranza warned Wilson of Germanys offer to back Mexico in war against the United States. Investigators say a plot against Carranza surfaced and he fled to Guadalajara, with Mexican agents uncovering the plan before elections. Reacting, Carranza explained the shift in policy and signaling new U S Mexico ties.
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International News Service
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Wilson
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Mexico
Japan
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Guadalajara
Zimmermanns
Washington
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Swindler Lane Baffles Tarrytown In Get Rich Quick Tale
Special to The Washington Post. Tarrytown March 10 Richard H Lane formerly of 644 Riverside Drive is being sought by Mrs Victoria A McKenzie of swindling her out of 265 364 50. Lane rose as a local trickster in Tarrytown, staging generous giveaways at performances and claiming headship of two companies. He boasted of a million dollar fortune and wandered to Detroit Newark New York, later promising to reform after a final legal settlement.
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Richard H Lane
Riverside Drive
Victoria A McKenzie
George Randolph Chester
Wallingford
Lane
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American Steel Coods Company
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Detroit
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Umeo
Johnson to stay in Senate amid false resignation claim
Governor Hiram Johnson dismissed as absolutely and unqualifiedly false a circulating report that he would resign the U S Senate to leave the California governorship. He said the story had no basis and was published without justification in several papers in New York and Washington.
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British Take Irles in Three Mile Front Advance
British forces broke through on a front of more than three miles in the Ancre region and captured the village of Irles and neighboring defenses NE of Grande Court. German prisoners exceed 100, with 15 machine guns and four trench mortars taken. Casualties were slight, with aerial combat losses noted.
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Grandecourt
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Renus
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Champagne
Butte du Mesnil
Maisons de Champagne
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Thig
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