Riser's Shock as Americans Repel German Attack
American forces on the Chemin des Dames and near Toul repulsed a heavy German assault. In fierce hand to hand fighting a West Point captain from the class of 1917 was killed leading a patrol. German losses were heavy with ten found dead in American trenches and several prisoners taken, while 12 Americans were reported captured northeast of Leigepary.
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Chemin-des-Dames
Toul
France
Chemin-des- Dames
No Man's Land
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Peprre Danmaca
E Srv
Athy
Salient
Ailiens
U.S
No Man’s Land
Ganbttul
78Th
Hanover
Berlin
Leidepter
War Office
Reims
Fort Pompete
Meuse
Moselle
Leideprerg
Leideprey
Associated Press
Hindenburgs Final Gamble For World Power
Paris March 2 Foremost military analyst F H Simonds argues Germany faces domestic unrest and must win quickly or lose. He compares Hindenburgs gamble to Napoleons last drive on Moscow, predicting Paris is key and that a failed offensive leads to German abdication and peace on terms Germany cannot dictate. The piece analyzes odds, timing, and the strategic stakes of a potential blow for Paris.
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Verdun
Germany
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Sli
Napoleon
Moscow
Europe
France
Rome
Caesars
Altho
Somme
Ypres
Bindenburg
Soissons
Laon
Aisne
Germans Deliver Wide Front Raids on Allied Lines
German forces conducted several raids along a wide front in northern France and near Ypres Comines canal and Houtholst forest. British counterattacks recovered ground. prisoners and a machine gun were captured, with some missing in St Quentin. Portuguese trenches were captured but restoration followed a swift counterattack. Hannibal Morning Journal prints last issue. circulation moved to Hannibal Courier Post.
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London
France
British War Office
Hargicourt
Armentieres
Arlaux en-Gohelie
Norfolk
Arleux En-Gobelle
ST. Quentin
Neuve Chapelle
Ypres-Comines Canal
Houtholst Forest
Passchendaele
Weather outlook for Washington next week
Washington weather forecast from March 2 predicts generally fair skies in the Upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys with colder temperatures on Tuesday and Wednesday, followed by near seasonal readings for the rest of the week.
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Washington, D. C
Weather Bureau Today
Mississippi
Lower
Missouri
Courtmartial Charged Over Camp Doniphan Hospital Scandal
Maj. Philip B. Connelly and Waller W. Kirkpatrick, both medical corps, face court martial after an investigation into Camp Doniphan Oklahoma hospital conditions following Private Albert Hestwood of Liberal Kansas death from spinal meningitis. Secretary Baker ordered the trial after the investigating officer's report arrived amid public attention sparked by Private Hestwood’s father's letter detailing alleged unclean conditions.
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Washington, D. C
Philip B. Connelly
Medical Corps
New York City
Waller WH. Kirkpatrick
National Guard
Haven
Kan
Camp Doniphan
Okla
Albert Hestwood
Hestwood
Chamberlain
Baker
Easp
Red Cross Men Find Belgians Undaunted by War
American Red Cross leaders Gen. Blot Wadsworth Maj. Ivy Lee Col. Ernest Bicknell Maj. Van Sehaick and Maj. Simmons visited the Belgian front. They praised the courage and optimism of soldiers and civilians from generals to farm children near the German threat.
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Associated Press
Belgium
Blot Wadsworth
Boston
Ernest Bicknell
Hicago
Ivy Lee
New York
van Sehaick
Maj
Simmons
Ell
American Red Cross
Sid Gen. Wadsword
Hospital inquiry cites deplorable conditions and neglect
The investigation finds charges substantially correct, noting severe bed shortages and lack of experienced attendants. Patients endured long periods without baths or washing. Maj. Connelly is named responsible for the deplorable hospital conditions.
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Maj. Connelly
West rail service cut to save millions of dollars
Washington March 2 Passenger train service in the west will be reduced by about one third or more, with schedules rearranged by Director General McAdoo. Many trains on competing lines will be eliminated, locomotives and crews shifted to essential freight work, saving millions without major passenger inconvenience from the Mississippi to the Pacific.
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Washington, D. C
West
McAdoo
Gerrit Wort
Railroad Administration
Mississippi River
Pacific Coast
U S Captain and Family Among Prisoners Aboard German Raider
John Cameron captain of the Beluga with wife Mary and their 4 year old child were the sole American prisoners aboard the Spanish steamer Jote-Mendi. The ship went ashore at Jutland while aiming for a German port. Cameron says prisoners were treated well until a Japanese escapee led to confinement below for 28 days.
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Copeartaren
John Cameron
Mary
San Francisco
Jutland
Denmark
Cameron
Dry Hawaii bill reported to Senate
A committee in Washington ordered a favorable report to the Senate on the war era Hawaii prohibition bill. The measure would include a referendum within two years after peace to decide if the law should become permanent.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
Hawaii
Navy Gunner Commended for Sinking U-Boat
Benjamin Groves of New Bedford Massachusetts is commended by Secretary Daniels for his role as chief gunner's mate and for firing four rapid shells that crippled a German U-boat during a two and a half hour battle aboard the Nyanza. The submarine sank as it could not continue the fight.
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Washington, D. C
Benjamin Jr. Groves
Daniels
Nyanza
Groves
Armed Guard
New Bedford
Mass
Goethals Denies Poor Bread Is Fed Soldiers
Washington March 2 Maj Gen Goethals acting quartermaster general denies a Walnut Indiana mayor's claim that soldiers receive bread lacking nutrition. He states the bread is nutritious and tasty and issued from camps with 10 to 20 percent substitutes such as cornmeal rye barley rolled oats.
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Washington, D. C
Baker
Goethals
O. Mosher
Walnut
Mosher
Quartermaster
Lippert contractors held for plot to cheat Uncle Sam
Chicago March 2 two contractors Henry H Lippert and son Ralph to be arraigned on conspiracy to defraud the government after a federal raid on their cloth and blanket firms linked to army supplies Generals Cruse named in complaint with alleged payments to Cruse Lippert bail set at 10000 each ar arraignment set for March 12 Lippert defends records as lowest bidder and Washington agent clearance sought for sureties
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Henry H. Lippert
Ralph
United States
Lewis W
Mason
Lipperts
Thomas Cruse
U. S.A
Washington
Melvin B. Ericson
Cruse
Lippert
Feneral
Panera
Gen. Cruse
Quartermaster’s Department
National Army
Germans Spurn Olive Branch of Bolshevik War News
Berlin dispatches report German forces advancing rapidly in the north and south, capturing Kiev and Gomel, threatening Petrograd, and aiming to cut supply lines. Russian peace talks suspended as Bolsheviks mobilize defenses. Austro-Hungarian move explained as aid to Ukraine amid looming front.
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Moscow-Petrograd
Petrograd
Exchange Telegraph Company
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Kliastitsa
Amsterdam
Pakov
Berlin
Volkszeitung
Cologne
Kiev
Dnieper
Ukraine
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de Teace
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Germ
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Lenina
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Sach An
Hannibal
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Hannibal Morning Journal
Hannibal Courier Post
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Red Cross
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