President Calls Out 14 Militia Regiments in Capital Defense
President Wilson ordered fourteen National Guard regiments nationwide to federal service to guard Washington capital defenses. First DC separate battalion and Pennsylvania and Georgia units retained. aim to protect bridges, water supply, navy yard, tunnels, power houses, and industrial plants before Congress convenes. Police to train with army rifles. range access expanded. officers to receive instruction from Army and Navy veterans and national guard instructors.
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Baker
Pennsylvania
Georgia
Wilson
Congress
Ioto
National Guard
District of Columbia
War Department
Tmstrict
Washington
L Street
Harvey
Leonard Wood
New York
Laces
Potomac
Navy Yard
Pennsylvania Guard
Georgia Infantry
Massachusetts
Maryland
Virginia
Vermont
Connecticut
New Jersey
Delaware
Fensaylvania
Metropolitan Police
Maj. Pullman
McAdoo
Washington Light Infantry
Poli
Treasury Department
Police Department
National Rifle Association
Daniels
Three Drown In Collision On Ohio River Near Evansville
Three men died and two were injured when the steamer Enterprise collided with a large gasoline launch on the Ohio River near Evansville Indiana. The dead were Robert Nichols 68 Ben Nesbitt 55 and Charles Smithart 45 all prominent Kentucky farmers bound for Evansville. Robert Nichols and Herman Smith sons of two of the deceased were seriously hurt and rescued by the steamer crew as the launch sank.
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Evansville
Ind
Enterprise
Ohio River
Robert W. Nichols
Ben Nesbitt
Charles Smithart
Robert Nichols
Herman Smith
New German Threat Looms Over Petrograd
Reports from Petrograd March 24 say Germany massing troops on the southern front threaten the Russian capital. War Minister Guchkoff warns of danger at Petrograd as pacifist agitation and war loan opposition grow. Generals Korniloff and Trimitev discuss defense with workers and soldiers delegates while Duma troops pledge to defend Russia.
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Petrograd
Reuter
Tress
Grand Duke
Alexander
London
Russia
New York
Guchkoff
Danser
Korniloff
Riga
Timitriev
Duma
Itacom
China Leans Against Joining Entente Allies
Peking reports President Li Yuan Hung of the Chinese republic believes China should avoid allying with the Entente against Germany at present. He regrets the cabinet's break with Germany but hopes severance suffices. He sees Russia's revolution aiding Germany and foresees a German push on the western front, guiding China to avoid entente union.
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Peking
Li Yuan Hung
China
Germany
Russia
Americans Held Prisoner After Steamer Sunk by Moewe
Newport News March 26 American muleteers aboard the British steamer Esmeraldas were sunk by the German raider Moewe and are believed captured and taken to Germany. Names of 54 Americans aboard include George H. Jolley Dan Barrity and many others. Additional captives announced by the German admiralty include vessels such as Mount Temple and Duchess of Cornwall with crews and cargoes.
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Newport News
Germany
Liverpool
England
Esmeraldas
Clark
George H. Jolley
Dan Barrity
0.C. Byrd
Allen Reynolds
Barney Boyle
Walker Trant
ZB. Williams
Michael Holland
W. W. Smith
Samuel McGully
William Parker
Fred Stone
William Thompson
C. L. Godsie
Thomas West
E. B. Caskey
Edward McDonald
Eugene Boykin
E. G. Earnhardt
Jesse Wallace
Rosery Ferry
John Sawyers
F. W. Carter
T. W. Ballow
Robert Smith
J. H. Martin
William M. Fitzgerald
James Morgan
Leslie Petigo
Thomas
Berlin
Sayville
Wessels
Moewe
Atlantic
Admiraltty
King George
Cambrian Range
Georgia
Yarrowdale
St. Theodore
Dramatist
Nantes
Asnieres
Hudson Maru
Radnorshire
Minier
Netherby Hall
Thiri Pagh
Teutons in Cuba Flock to Mexico
Special to The Washington Post from Habana March 25 reports Germans and Austrians in Cuba are rushing to board the steamship Monterey bound for Vera Cruz. With fears of US war, many will seek Mexico as a friendly base while German employees depart from Cuban hotels. A secret steel plate model intended for Mexico has disappeared, now likely with an American holder and may go to the US government.
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Washington Post
Habana
Monterey
Ward Line
Vera Cruz
Cuba
Mexico
United States
Germany
Two Interned Germans Shot in Philadelphia Escape Attempt
Special to The Washington Fest. Philadelphia March 25 In a desperate bid to escape from the Philadelphia navy yard two crew members of the interned German raider Prins Eitel Friedrich were shot by marines late tonight eight shots fired and a rumor of four injured could not be verified A rush call went to city hospitals for ambulances Mount Sinai arrived but doctors said cases had been attended to earlier
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Washington
Philadelphia
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Georgia
Prins Eltel Friedrich
Navy Yard
Mount Sinai Hospital
German Naval Port Closed Fortnight to Public
Amsterdam dispatch reports Wilhelmshaven harbor closed to the public for two weeks. A special admiralty permit will be needed to enter the docks. No reason given for the order is stated by the Wilhelmshaven newspapers.
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Wilhelmshaven
London
Exchange Telegraph Company
Amsterdam
Wilhalmshaven
Admiralty Board
Robbery attack wounds Midland Valley officer in home
Harold Yarnall of Philadelphia, treasurer of the Midland Valley Railroad, was shot in the groin and liver by a colored burglar found by his wife in their home. Mrs Yarnall wrestled with the intruder, Yarnall hurried downstairs after a bath, and the burglar fled. no arrest reported.
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Harold Yarnall
Philadelphia
Harold KE. Yarnall
Midland Valley Railroad Company
President Calls Out Militia and War News Dominate Front Page
The issue details a tense front with President calling militia into service, German threats on Petrograd, American ship raider actions, and French army gains. It notes new army departments and naval enlistment drives, plus war expert cabinet urges and domestic patriotism sermons.
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Petrograd
Navy
U. S
News of
Alexandria
French Strike Key German Positions Near St Quentin
Paris reports a major French advance from Castres Essigny Le Grand to St Quentin with heavy fighting and large German losses. Offensives extend from the Somme to the Aisne with gains north of Soissons and in the Grand Seracourt area as batteries shell Verdun sector.
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Paris
St. Quentin
War Office
Castres
Essigny-Le-Grand
Grand Sera!court
Aulette
Chauny
Soissons
Somme
Aisne
Oise
Castres-Easigny-Le-Grand
Essigny
Benay
Basse Foret de Coucy
Folembray
Coucy-le-Chateau
Vregsny-Margival
Craonne
Fires on a Boatman at Havre de Grace Bridge
Havre de Grace Maryland March 25 shots were exchanged at 7 o'clock between a man in a rowboat near the Pennsylvania Railroad bridge over the Susquehanna and a duty sentry the boatman vanished into darkness authorities note the incident while Maryland mobilizes guards with new units to patrol Susquehanna bridges.
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Havre de Grace
Busaquehanna River
Baltimore
Warfield
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Obie
Susquehanna River
Westminster
Beckford
Maryland Regimenta
Hevre de Grace
Perryville
Quequehanss River
Gen Wood Given Command Of New Southeastern Division
Major Gen Leonard Wood will head the new Southeastern department while Maj. Gen. Franken Bell takes the Eastern department. The War Department creates six departments from four and moves effective May 1 1917. The Navy will be increased to 87 000 enlisted men to man ships and submarine chasers.
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William E. Harvey
National Guard
Alabama Avenue
Congress Heights
Pullman
Oliver F. Snyder
William CC. Hartlee
United States Marine Corps
Fred H. Phillips, Jr
National Rifle Association
Col
Thomsonds. King
Maj. Pullman
Gen. Wood
New Southeastern Division
Army
Navy
Hugh L. Scott
Wilson
Daniels
Navy Department
New England
Old South
Leonard Wood
Department of the East
Wood
Baker
Bell
Eastern Department
Southeastern Department
United States
War Department
Scott
Franken Bell
Clarence R. Edwards
Panama Canal Zone
Edward H. Plummer
Edwards
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Boston
Porto Rico
Naval Service
Woodrow Wilson
White House
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McCall
Metropolitan Police Department
Maj
Teutons
Entente
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Reisel
Sentinel
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West Virginia
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Keys
Governors Island
Tennessee
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