Verdun Front Battles Rage In Violent Artillery Exchange
Tremendous shelling marks the eastern front with French and German guns exchanging massive fire as infantry rests. Berlin reports 189 guns and 2323 machine guns captured. Verdun area sees heavy bombardments and no infantry action in the region north of Verdun. Aerial duels yield another downed German plane by Sublieut Guyemer, the eighth for the pilot. Continued on third page.
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Argonne Forest
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French War Office
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Aisne
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Meuse
Douaumont
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Dormbasle
Agreement Ends Yearlong Strike Threat For Traction Workers
After a five day conference, officials and workers reached a twelve month pact ending the strike danger. Wages rise two cents an hour for Washington Railway and Electric workers and seven and a half cents for ten year Capital Traction men. Grievance committees will handle complaints, rest periods for conductors and switchmen set, and extra duty rules clarified. The bonus profit sharing ends April 1 with Capital Traction moving to a new bonus system. The agreement expires in twelve months and can be renegotiated through official channels.
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National Rifles
Washington Railway and Electric Company
Capital Traction
Ailke
Itt
Carranza Resents US Troops Entry in Mexico
Special to The Washington Post El Paso Tex March 12 Carranza forces will not cooperate with the American expedition against Villa unless ordered by Carranza. Gen Gavira says no such orders have been issued and they will obey if commanded. Pershing enforces strict rules for correspondents, requiring uniforms and equipment. The interview was held at Juarez with Garranza officials present.
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el Paso
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Villa
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Carranza
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Fuarez
Juares
Andreas Garcia
Garransista
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Wilson
Carransa
International News Service
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Casas Grandes
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Ell
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Cora
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Jeaders
Fort Bliss
Wet ‘Villa
el Pato
Ambassadors Sought Rest as Berlin Tensions Rise
Washington reports say Ambassador Gerard may return to the United States for a rest amid strained U S German relations. Secretary Lansing says the move carries no wider political significance, and a full Gerard return would rely on his need for a break after two strenuous years.
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Germany
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State Department
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Wilson
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Gerard
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Basia
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Cosme
Lansing
Europe
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Page
Hiss
Basta
Teporta
Washington
Mee Jem
Henry Morgenthau
Constantinople
Pinetiurat
N. C
US Halts Border Explosives Exports to Mexico
El Paso March 12. US government revokes all permits on the border to export explosives into Mexico, effectively stopping cross border shipments and tightening controls over border trade.
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el Paso
Tex
United States
Mexico
U S Upsets Law of Nations Says Ex-Mexican Envoy Calero
Former ambassador Manuel Calero, once the Mexican envoy to Washington, declared that the United States has upset the international law principles by pursuing a punitive expedition into Mexico to capture Villa. He warned President Wilson’s policy risks few nations grieving and says recognition of Carranza was a political expedient, not a genuine act of justice. Calero spoke at his Flatbush home, criticizing Washington for abandoning established norms in the Mexico crisis.
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Sion
Carranza
Wabhington Post
New York
Don Manuel Calero
Legapador
Washington
United States
Mexico
Calero
Wilson
Fnto
Villa
Ineader Im
Senor Calero
Newkirk Avenue
Flatbush
U.S. troop move to protect El Paso border amid pursuit plan
Gen Funston urges advance against Villa as army mobilizes along the border. Secretary Baker confirms authority to proceed with full recognition of Mexican sovereignty while awaiting Carranza’s response. President Wilson to coordinate White House and War Department with border fronts via rapid telegraph and radio links for expedient updates.
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Villa
War Department
Cone
Bakér
Olits
Funstop
Twenty-third Infantry
Fan, Ton
Dion
Wilson
Washington
Lansing
Carranza
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Army
Ponatbie
Baker
Army General Staff
Funaton
Mexican Manifesto Declares U S Troops Won’t Enter
Mexico City March 12 Gen Carranza issues a manifesto stating no invasion of Mexican territory will occur and that reciprocal privilege must be obtained before any action against Villa is taken. He sends instructions to Washington to present representations to Wilson and Lansing immediately.
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Mexico
Washington
Wilson
Lansing
District Hostility to U S Forces Shown by Carranzistas
On the border district hostility to U S forces is shown by Carranzistas. Army officers prefer measured action while noting that rushing the tape would be folly. High military men argue the invasion would be folly and urge restraint.
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Carranzistas
Japanese Money and Brains Behind Villa Revealed
Special to The Washington Post Boston dispatch reports Capt Within Materry, once an aviator, claims Japanese money and brains drive Villa's forces in Mexico. He asserts hundreds of Japanese officers and more Japanese in southern Mexico, predicting a long Mexican resistance and doubting U.S. ability to secure Mexico within five years.
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Bandit
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Boston
Mattery
Army of
Villata Goldiork
Kkhow
Villa -aPth
Mexico
United States
Raese
Villa plot to invite U.S. intervention in Columbus raid
Queretaro March 12 Villa captured by Carranza government may face extradition on charges tied to his cross border raid. Carranza’s First Chief and advisers foresee a military trial and possible removal to a distant post, while predicting little chance of escape. officials argue Villa aimed to provoke U.S. intervention in Mexico. Gen. Carranza has returned here.
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Villa
Carranza
Kemper
Carranss
Carransa
Garison
Columbus
N. Mex
Mexico
Gen. Carransa
Obregon Joins Mexican Leader on Train Conference
While en route Friday, Gen Alvaro Obregon joined Carranza’s military operations chief in a late night conference aboard the train. The talks continued into Saturday as the party traveled toward Irapuato and Trapuato, delivering dispatches amid evolving leadership notes.
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Litte
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Basen
Villa Plot Fueling Foreign War Fear
A political speech in Washington Atlantic City quoted Senator Benjamin R. Wies, chairman of the Senate foreign relations committee, accusing New York financiers of backing Villa to embroil the United States. He urged against sending troops to Mexico and called for Villa to be shot as he did with an American captain.
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Atlantic City
Benjamin ‘R. Wies
Senate Nevat Sommittes
New York
Villa
Mexico
Ameri
Mayflower Yacht With Wilson Heads for Washington
The naval yacht Mayflower bearing President Wilson departed Old Point Virginia at A30 oclock in the afternoon and steamed up Chesapeake Bay toward Washington. She will leave there soon after daylight tomorrow.
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Mayflower
Ad ‘Bra. Wilson
Chesapeake Bay
Washington
Funston Foresees Long Hard Campaign Against Villa
Major General Frederick Funston announced at Fort Sam Houston that the expedition to pursue Francisco Villa will begin soon once enough troops and supplies are organized. He warned the task will be long and arduous, and emphasized careful planning before any border action, as border towns fear uprisings despite Carranza assurances.
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Fort Sam Hous‘ton
Southern Department
Villa
Carranza Garrisona
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Carranza
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