Women Answer Call Mobilizes 1 Million for War Service
London dispatch reports a government plan to mobilize one million women for war work within weeks. Thousands have already enrolled at government offices. Emmeline Pankhurst welcomes the movement as crucial for citizenship rights and national morale, arguing women must fight for recognition after the war.
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Washington Fost
London
Beig
Pankhurst
Lavor
Cierman Militariam
Eijigenshin
Canadian Held as Disloyal in Liverpool
George Arthur Gatehouse, a Canadian resident of Montreal, was seized in Liverpool on the eve of attempting to sail to America. He was remanded for one week on a charge of trading with Britain's enemies. Gatehouse had been abroad representing Philadelphia based P. Sloan Collection merchants and acknowledged a Holland visit since December.
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George Arthur Gatehouse
Montreal
America
Ball
Gatehouse
Philadelphia
Holland
Europe
Great Huntain
George A. Gatehouse
Liverseal
Britain
P. Sloan
Iman FP. Sloan
Great Britain
Plan to Move Wounded to Neutral Countries for Care
Dr Alexis Carrel, formerly of the Rockefeller Institute, now with French and Chicago government research labs, proposes evacuating wounded soldiers from European nations to neutral countries for treatment. Dr Carl Beck of North Hospital confirms discussions with Carrel and a physician committee aiming to secure government support, with Switzerland as a favored neutral site for care.
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Icago
Alexis Carrel
Rockefeller Institute
Chicago
Carl Beck
North Hospital
Carrel
Beck
L Wor
Big Countee
Switzerland
Ior
Maryland Home Dedicates Maryland Building at Exposition
San Francisco March 20 Characteristic hospitality marked the dedication of Maryland’s building at the Panama Pacific Exposition today. An old fashioned dinner with a Southern mammy onarge was featured. Heos ett led the exercises as president of the Maryland Society of San Francisco. The Maryland building recalls Homewood in Baltimore built by Charles Carroll, a signer of the Declaration of Independence. Visitors from the South and Maryland natives attended. Carville D Benson former speaker of Maryland house represented by others, including Phillips Lee Goldaborough and Walter P Preston, with Senator A J Cummings among speakers for the state.
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San Francisco
Maryland
Onarge
Heosett
Maryland Society of
Baltimore
Carles Carrell
Carville D. Benson
Phillips Lee Goldaborough
Walter P. Preston
Flatford County
A. J. Cummings
Othr
Strate
Gun Carriers for England Loaded with Big Guns
News dispatch from New York reports the Canard er er ordung steaming to Liverpool via Wales with two large guns lashed to its forward deck. Each weapon weighs 55 feet tons and the holds also carry other ordnance. At Halifax the Orduna will take aboard reservists transported from St Johns by the Red Cross liner Stephano.
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New York
Er Ordung
Liverpoul
Wianfax
Halifax
Orduna
St. Johns
Red Cross
Stephano
Allies mass 96 warships in great fleet against Turks
The Anglo-French force in the Dardanelles comprises 96 warships, with a mix of newer and older vessels to spare main fleets. The dispatch lists ships involved or about to take part, noting damage and losses from Thursday’s bombardment, alongside accompanying Russian and Turkish units totaling 87 and 34 warships respectively.
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Goeben
Breslau
Lord Nelson
B. S
B. OS
B.S
Queen
Majestic
Cornwallis
Albion
Ocean
Prince George
A. C
Publin
Ark Royal
PP. C
Constantinople
Fronts report large Russian advances and German setbacks
France and Austria report ongoing battles across the front with multiple towns contested. Russian forces claimed gains at Wemet and Ne wlark while counterattacks and artillery duels continued near Nadwor na and in Galicia. German and French actions include repulsed assaults and deleted German positions around Verdun and Reich Ackerkopf.
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Germany
Berlin
Wareh
WU Ytachaete
Pres
St. Eloi
Greerman
Lorette Heights
Champagne
Hennsejour
Verdun
Woevre
Run Point
Cambrai
Weuse
Proassiam
Belgians Ordered to Raise Swine for Germany
German authorities billeted about one million pigs on Belgium’s civilian population, demanding Belgians feed and care the animals regardless of class. Wealthy Brussels residents received twelve hogs. poorer neighbors at least one per family. Fodder shortages in Germany drive imports. housing residents report multiple pigs in flats. Regulations include compulsory health reports and statistical data.
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Belgium
Brussels
Germany
Germans Admit Six Thousand Losses Near Neuve Chapelle
Berlin reports the German general staff states total losses around Neuve Chapelle were about 6,000 during fighting near Neuve Chapelle. British authorities on March 15 logged German losses from March 10 to March 13 at Neuve Chapelle at not less than 17,000 or 18,000.
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Berlin
Neuve Chapelle
Submarine Sunk Off Irish Channel by Torpedo Boat
A British torpedo boat sank a submarine after a combat near the Lapland in the Irish Channel. The Lapland escaped by zigzagging to safety toward Liverpool, while witnesses reported an oil slick marking the submarine's fate. Passengers saw shells land close to the liner as the action unfolded aboard the Hingish steamer Lapland.
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New York
Liverpool
Lapland
Bradshaw
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Turkey
Greeks and Bulgars Fight Near Demir Hissar
Athens dispatch reports three Bulgarians killed and several Greek soldiers wounded after a Bulgarian irregular incursion near Demir Hissar in the Salphiki Vilayet, an area now Greek territory following the late Balkan War.
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London
Demir-Hissar
Athens
Reuter
Salphiki
Naval expert urges direct attack to force straits
London reports Commander Car lyon Bellairs, a naval expert, argues Allies hold naval supremacy and can afford losses if operations succeed. He questions delaying tactics and favors a more direct assault to shorten the war, noting risks from shore batteries and Russian activity at the straits.
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London
Carlyon Bellairs
Dardanelles
Stralin
Urge Bigger German Navy
Telegram from Amsterdam says German papers push a remodelling of the naval program due to the war’s prolongation. Proposed plans call for 200 submarines and eight fast battle cruisers, contingent on securing naval bases at Atlantic and Pacific shores to challenge Britain's sea rule within ten years.
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Washington Post
London
Amsterdam
Germany
Atlantic
Pacific
Great Britain
Gen Scott Gets Plute Deserado Surrenders to Chief of Staff
Gen Hugh L. Scott chief of staff accompanies Tse-Ne-Gat the Plute Indian wanted for murder to Bluff Utah with Old Polk thief Posey and his son arriving late today. Scott entered Piute country two weeks ago to pacify recalcitrant Piutes aiding Tse-Ne-Gat. The party was unarmed and details of the surrender are not yet received.
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Denver
Colo
Hugh L. Scott
Army
Polk
Posey
Bluff
Utah
Iate
Cortez
Scott
Washington
Italy grows warlike as Austria nears agreement
Rome March reports say Austrian officials signed a preliminary pact at Vienna to cede part of the Trent province, spanning from Friuli to the Soča River. Italian officers are recalled, and negotiations continue in Rome between Count Volpi and Kajetan Mercy von Kaposmere on prewar or postwar territorial concessions amid war tensions.
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March
Italy
Count Palffy
Vatican
Idea Nazionale
Vienna
Trent
Friuli
Sonzo
Austria
Count Volpl
Turkey
Kajetan Mercy von Kapos- Mere
Transatlantic Telegraph Row and War Dispatchion
A confused report notes Austrian and Spanish wireless service changes and a three cent message rate. Paris wires quote a March 20 dispatch claiming inevitable wartime disruption and government moves to reposition merchant ships in home waters amid broader telegraph concerns.
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Paris
Tigris
Crontier
Berme
Greece crisis stems from Constantin refused aid move
Berlin reports say the cabinet crisis in Greece arose when King Constantine refused to permit Great Britain to at once transport 2000 troops from the lower Greece to join Serbia against Austria Hungary.
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Berlin
Basle
Greece
Constantine T9
Great Britain
Avstria-Hungary
Cardinal Agliardi Dead and European Peace Talks Rise
Fragmented OCR reports the death of Cardinal Agliardi and notes political shifts in Europe. It mentions a march for peace, a potential successor, and a contested leadership within a major international congress. The garbled text references Washington, March, and other states or orgs but remains unclear on specifics.
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Washington
Europe
Iostun
Arms sales bid to Chile yield no offers
Several American firms made offers for twelve thousand rifles but none secured a contract. The report notes no bids succeeded and questions if such arms deals are common in South American markets.
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