Guns Go On Armed American Ships For Submarine Defense
Secretary Lansing upholds right to fire on sight at German submarines in presence of armed merchant vessels. Navy yards ordered to arm ships and conceal sailings to protect crews. Officials say arming will not alter neutral policy but moves nation closer to war. secrecy urged regarding details. cooperation pledged by Telegraph firms.
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Lansing
Washington, D. C
Germany
United States
State Department
Senate
Todas
Navy
United Tes
Daniel
Bor
America
New York
Daniels
Navy Department
Newcomb Carlton
Western Union Telegraph Company
Trial by Ordeal for Poison Plotters Suggested in Court
London reports in the Old Bailey trial of four defendants Mrs Alice Wheeldon her two daughters and Alfred George Mason a Mohammedan attorney for the accused proposed trial by ordeal invoking medieval justice He blamed a police agent Gordon for the plot and urged production of the witness or a test by fire water or poison The judge dismissed the suggestion noting such trials are abolished and asked if the lawyer was serious
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Mohammedan
Old Bailey
London
Lloyd George
Arthur Header
War Council
H. Riza
Riza
Alice Wheeldon
Alfred George Mason
Gordon
Booth
Berlin reports twelve ships sunk in the Mediterranean
A shipping report says the 8,700 ton freighter Ohio was torpedoed after leaving Feb 9 for Havre. Admiralty notes in the Mediterranean nine steamers and three sailing vessels sunk, totaling 32,000 tons, including Marine, Rosalie, Wathfeld, Trojan Prince, Burnley, and Victoria. One general, three colonels, two majors, and 1,000 Italian soldiers were lost on Minas.
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New York
Ohio
Havre
Allied Service
Berlin
Admiralty
Mediterranean
Marine
Rosalie
Saloniki
England
Trojan
Burnley
Cardiffor
Algiers
Victoria
Craigendoran
President Wilson Recovers From Cold in White House Room
Washington March 10 President Wilson nearly recovered from the cold that kept him in bed four days He remained in his room this morning and is expected to attend to public business though he had no engagements today A cigar advertisement is noted in the clipping
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Washington, D. C
Wilson
French Hold Ground in Champagne After Desperate Battles
Paris reports heavy fighting in Champagne as German efforts to recapture ground between Butte du Mesnil and Maisons d Champagne fail. French troops renew progress after costly charges. Verdun sees German trench thrusts repelled by counterattack. British forces repulsed near Bagdad. Turkish report cites heavy losses. Air battles frequent on western front with numerous combats. Austro-Hungarian bulletin notes minor Italian activity and 15 prisoners near Costanjevizza.
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Paris
Champagne
Butte du Mesnil
Maisons d¢ Champagne
Verdun
Courieres Wood
Armancourt
Crouy
Saissons
London
Constantinople
Bagdad
Tigris
Berlin
Yoia
Sayville
Italy
Gentral
Ioared
Costanjevizza
Credit Men Endorse Trade Acceptances in New York
National Association of Credit Men endorses the federal reserve act provision substituting trade acceptances for open book accounts in mercantile deals. The meeting here yesterday drew few attendees, clarifying the bill of exchange drawn by the seller on the buyer and accepted by the buyer.
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New York
Federal Reserve Act
National Association of Credit Men
Peter
Salvador Denies Complicity In German Intrigue
Washington March 10 Salvador denies German involvement in Central American intrigue harming US and Guatemala. El Salvador’s minister Dr Rafael Zaldivar says reports are preposterous and Germans in El Salvador are few with no national influence. He notes greater German influence in Guatemala’s coffee properties and cites peaceful dispute with Nicaragua settled by the Central American court.
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Washington, D. C
Salvador
United States
Guatemala
Rafael Zaldivar
el Salvador
Central America
Central American Court of Justice
Icaragua
Bay of Ponseca
Fonseca Hay
First Shower of Season Thunder and Lightning
Thunder and lightning accompanied a light rain of .08 inch as spring’s advance showed. River levels rise with thaw and another shower or more thawing may break ice, though not yet. Week’s temperatures ranged from subzero to the low forties with a generally moderate trend before the sun. If delivery fails, call 3330 for a replacement copy.
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Ralph Slippy
Asual
Sund
Iowa Road Bill Deadlock Faces Key Vote At Iowa House
Des Moines March 10 The Iowa House remained deadlocked over the Pitt Johnston road bill with a 54 to 54 tie on bringing the Rogers amendment to a vote The administration sides fight to delay a vote failed while Clum left the chamber after being warned he would be ousted for lobbying against the Pitt Johnston measure The balance of power appeared to hinge on the next vote and a possible shift toward the Larson Shortess substitute sustaining highway commission law
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Des Moines
House
Iowa
Pitt Johnston Road
Nogers
Friends of the Highway Commission
Pitt- Johnston
Pitt-Johston
Clum
Woodworth
Greater Lawn Association
Pitt
Pitt-Johnston
Rogers
Larson-Shortess
Highway Commission
Elwood
Lee
Gilmer
Monroe
Von Bernstorff Arrives in Denmark
Count von Bernstorff former German ambassador at Washington arrived at Christiania this morning, per Copenhagen exchange dispatch. The White Star liner Adriatic from Liverpool will reach quarantine this afternoon, per captain’s wireless message.
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von Bernstorff
Denmark
London
Count von Bernstorff
Washington
Christiania
Copenhagen
Adriatiu
New York
White Star Line
Adriatic
Liverpool
Next Week's Weather for Washington DC
Weather bureau forecast for March 11 to 17 covers Plains states and upper Mississippi valley. Northern area may see light rain or snow Wednesday or Thursday. Colder Sunday followed by rising temperatures Monday and Tuesday and moderate conditions thereafter.
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Washington, D. C
Weather Bureau
Plains States
Mississippi Valley
Zeppelin Buried in His Uhlan Uniform Dies in Pneumonia
The Verlin press remembers Count Zeppelin, famed German airship pioneer, for his role with Marshal von Moltke and his dream realized through air travel. He died after a two week illness from pneumonia, buried in the uniform he wore in public life, with the iron cross from 1870 among his most prized honors. The oak and metal casket was sealed and sent to Stuttgart for the funeral.
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Count Zeppelin
Sian
Eopelin
Zeppelin
Stuttgare
Pacifists Open Nationwide Fight to Prevent War
New York March 10 The Emergency Peace Federation began a campaign to keep the United States out of war with Germany. Prominent pacifists summoned to direct the movement. over $4,000 raised at two mass meetings. Mrs J Sergeant Cram led pledges with $1,000. Resolutions demand a joint high commission to settle issues with Germany and urge Wilson to convene powers to discuss peace plans. William J Bryan read a message saying a large majority favors keeping Americans off belligerent ships and excluding arms from all US and neutral passenger ships. Bryan added he doubts arming vessels carrying munitions.
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New York
Emergency Peace Federation
United States
Germany
J. Sergeant Cram
Lst
Joint High Commission
Wilson
Bryan
William JT. Bryan
Mr. Bryan
Europe
Hrgan
Pershing Seeks Amity With Mexican Officials
Maj. Gen. Pershing, commanding the southern department, visited Matamoros at the invitation of Mexican civil and military officials. He reported improved relations between Americans and Mexicans after inspecting the Brownsville district and said the visit should encourage goodwill on both sides of the border.
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Washington, D. C
Pershing
Southern Department
Matamoros
War Department
Brownsville
Matamoras
Eight German Officers Sentenced for Ship Sinking
Fight officers of the German steamship Wiebenfels were sentenced in Florence South Carolina to one year in the Atlanta federal penitentiary and a $500 fine each for sinking a vessel in a navigable stream violating navigation laws. The Wiebenfels sank in Charleston harbor the night of January thirty first.
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Florence
S. C
Wiebenfels
Charleston Harbor
Atlanta, Federal Penitentiary
Number arrested for blowing up Italian warships
Paris reports fresh arrests in Rome and elsewhere linked to the Gerlach case. The trial will be secret. Monsignor von Gerlach, an Austrian former papal chamberlain, left Rome under Vatican pressure in January. An Italian, Ambrogetti, was arrested as his alleged financial agent in the bombings of the Italian battleships Benedetto Kirin and Leonardo da Vinci.
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Paris
Rome
Gerlach
Milan
Matin
Monsigoor
von’ Gerlach
Roma
Bene
Vatican
Bertin
Entente
Ambrogetti
Monsignor
Beneditto Kirin
Leonardo da Vinci
Abandonment of Allied Socialists Conference in Paris
The Paris meeting of allied Socialist parties scheduled for March 15 to 18 has been abandoned. The French Socialist party committee canceled after British Labor party opposition and a large portion of Russian and Italian Socialists refused to participate. British leaders warned pacifist minority could distort allied Socialist unity.
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Paris
Altho
Ghetto Women Plan Hunger Parade in Chicago
Police reserves massed near Hodcarriers' hall as women of the Ghetto planned a hunger parade from the West Side to downtown. No marchers appeared at the scheduled start hour. Police were ordered to prevent traffic obstruction.
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Chicago
West Side
Hodcarriers’ Hall
West Harrisson and
Green Streets
Five Hurt When Auto Collides With Interurban Car
Colfax Louisiana March 15 Five persons were injured two seriously when the automobile carrying them collided with an interurban car near Colfax. Clarence Clark and Miss Violet Stewart were seriously injured and taken to a local hospital with a fair chance for recovery. The other three sustained minor bruises. St Louis March 10 Complete returns from yesterday's primaries show Henry Kiel renominated mayor. William Connutt won the Democratic nomination.
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Colfax
Here
Clarence Clark
Violet Stewart
St. Louis, Mo
Henry W. Kiel
William C. Connett
New Congress to convene April 16 with one vote lead
Washington March 10 report says the new Congress will convene April 16. A continuous session is predicted by Speaker Clark, with an agenda including more than $500 million in appropriation bills. The armed neutrality and related measures top the first schedule as President Wilson seeks early action.
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Congress
Washington
D. C
Wilson
Sixty-fourth Congress
White House
White Hose
Tumulty
New House
New
Senate
Clark
Webb Foreign Selling Agency
Interstate Commerce Commission
Shipping Board
Physician Fatally Injured When Auto Overturns
Ottumwa Iowa March 16 Dr J W McNieley a well known physician of Sewal Iowa was fatally injured Friday when his automobile overturned on a level stretch of road between Sewal and Powersville Missouri Internal injuries caused his death six hours later He is supposed to have lost control of the machine.
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Ottumwa
J. W. McNieley
Sewal
Powersville
Germans Build Wireless Plant Near Mexico City
Galveston March 10 American passengers arriving from Vera Cruz report a large radio station being erected on a hill near Mexico City under German direction. The stock report notes banks and trust companies hold 142,591,520 in excess reserves, down 321,835,750 from last week. Hogs at the stockyards sold at 15.19 as Chol reached a high point of 15.10 per hundredweight in Chicago.
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Galveston
Tex
Wolvin Steamship Herald
Vera Cruz
Mexico City
Chicago
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Uhlan
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Hury
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