War dispatch from France reports near miss on Baker vehicle
Secretary Baker and party came under German fire within forty yards as they rode along the front in France. He spent over an hour in a trench and visited an advanced post amid brisk shelling. American artillery on Toul front pounded Germans with gas shells and repelled a German air threat. Patrols, air battles, and scattered engagements marked a day of lively fighting. Continuous reports from Richcourt, La Hayville, and Montsec described shelling and counterfire as Americans pressed forward with gas and artillery attacks.
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Toul
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Death's Corner
Altho
German Peace Drive Repulsed In Wartime Forecast
Frank H. Simonds argues a German peace offensive is likely as a strategic mirage. He warns that if allowed to organize vast eastern conquests, Germany could threaten Western forces again, risking prolonged conflict and shifts in European power dynamics. Continues on page fourteen.
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Aerial War Update From Front North East Armentieres
London reports say a party of the enemy attempted to approach lines near Armentieres but were driven off with loss. The Ypres sector and Cambrai area faced ongoing enemy artillery activity. Nine German aircraft were destroyed and twelve ours missing. six hundred bombs fell on two airdromes.
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Up to Farmers to Save Hired Help From Draft Law
Washington March 20 Farmers must file affidavits with local draft boards to obtain deferred classification for their hired help. The Tal bor department stressed boards have no authority to grant deferments otherwise. Farmers warned that failure to file affidavits could lead to immediate loss of workers during the critical call and protests would be useless later.
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Washington, D. C
Department of Talbor
Aviator Killed in 1500 Foot Fall at Kelly Field
San Antonio March 20 Walter J. Johnson 20 of Belleville Illinois was instantly killed at 7 40 this morning when the Canadian Curtiss plane he was piloting crashed 1500 feet at Kelly Field His mother Mrs M H Johnson lives in Jersey City New Jersey The line ends with an advertisement for Smoke Diamond Joe good to the last puff.
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Favorable Report on German Bill Made to Senate
Washington March 20 The Overman bill to give the president power to reorganize government during the war was favorably reported by the senate judiciary committee by 12 to 7. The bill would authorize redistribution of executive functions as needed. opponents predict a bitter Senate fight led by Reed, Smith, Dillingham, Brandegee, Cummins, Poindexter, and Sterling. Senator Smith's substitute to limit authority to war and navy departments and related bodies was defeated 10 to 8, with plans to offer in the Senate. Overman expects quick reporting, with debate likely in a week or ten days.
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Barbers Strike To Affect Chicago Shops May First
Chicago March 20 Three thousand shops and 10000 men will be affected by a barber strike called for May 1 by officials of the barbers union. The Master Barbers association has set up a $50000 defense fund to oppose the walkout as barbers seek a $1 weekly wage increase and a readjustment of their commission scale.
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Holland Agrees To Woe Of IPa ByU 8 Allied
News from Washington indicates Noelland’s reply to shipping negotiations arrived by 10 a m. The American government prepared to seize Dutch ships but awaited a presidential proclamation. London reports Dutch terms are unlikely to be accepted, with possible concession on arming ships.
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Socialist Organ at Vienna Suggests New Policy Rules
The Arbeiter Zeitung of Vienna contrasts Hindenburg and Ludendorff with Hertling’s February reichstag speech. It questions if Berlin's latest conference produced a new policy and argues that France and Britain will not accept a weak peace. It notes Czernin’s offer to Wilson is now dismissed as weak and unheard of.
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Snow Delays Italian Front Operations Amid Spring Melt
Snow on the Italian front remains a constraint on operations with milder weather reducing but not eliminating delays. Patrol actions and aerial engagements dominate, while the Piave River swells, hindering troop crossings. The head of the American military mission tours mountain and Po valley fronts, inspecting units and gear.
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Associated Press
Piave
Italy
Petrograd in German Hands Feared as War Moves North
Dispatches from London say Petrograd may fall within hours with Bolshevik resistance absent, allowing Germany near complete control of the Gulf of Finland and key Baltic ports. Reports cite evacuation to Moscow and a move to make Petrograd a free port, while Ukraine declares martial law in Poltava Teernigoy Kharkov regions.
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Alien Enemy Inventor Held In Jail At Cedar Palla
Herman Kummerow, a German resident in Cedar Palla, has an application in the U S patent office for a novel airplane design claimed to be the most destructive against enemies. Arrested on a president’s warrant, he faces detention at Tearat prison while authorities decide on prosecution. Deputy U S marshal A P Houston said a photograph will be taken for records and Kummerow will not sign his name.
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Three Americans Awarded Military Crosses For Heroism
Three American service members Lieut. John C. Green Sergt. William Norton and Sergt. Patrick Walsh were approved for the Distinguished Service Cross for extraordinary heroism in France. Norton and Walsh each earned French Croix de Guerre distinctions from Premier Clemenceau on March 3, with Green wounded earlier that month. Green refused surrender and returned fire, Norton killed an enemy in a dugout saving the company logbook, and Walsh led a detachment and attacked a superior force after the captain fell. Pershing noted the awards would be forwarded and presented in his name.
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William Norton
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Sergio Walsh
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Mustard Gas in Rubber Balls Reported by Germans
German planes dropped rubber balls filled with mustard gas over the American sector northwest of Toul last night and this morning. The 28 inch diameter containers caused no serious injuries but provoked anger among American troops who condemned the act as dirty warfare. A sample container was recovered.
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Associated Press
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Tuteday
Toul
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Meatless Days Debate Amid Meat Supply Claims
Cotton told the Senate committee that meatless days did not conserve supplies. He said more meat was consumed on those days than usual due to high wages enabling more people to eat meat, balancing out observers who followed the meatless days.
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French Troops Hit Malancourt Wood Raid Counterattack
On the French front near Verdun French troops raided Malancourt wood Sunday finding German shelters packed with troops awaiting a counter attack. The shelters and occupants were destroyed by bombs. German mortars and machine guns were captured while prisoners were moved to the rear. German artillery killed 12 of the captives.
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Associated Press
France
Malancourt Wood
Verdun
World shipping losses rise since war began
London reports indicate British shipping output and tonnage losses will be published regularly. Sir Eric Campbell Geddes, first lord of the admiralty, said it would not yet disclose current losses. He stated world tonnage excluding enemy ships fell by about 2,500,000 from war start to end of 1917.
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Lenroot Leads in Wisconsin Primary Vote
Wisconsin returns show Irvine L. Lenroot loyalist Republican leading James Thompson La Follette in the Senate race with a growing lead as more counties report. Berger’s Socialist surge heavily affected outcomes, while Joe Davies won the Democratic nomination amid strong Milwaukee support for the Socialists.
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Charles McCarthy
Victor Berger
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Tax Slackers Will Receive No Quarter
Washington March 20 tax slackers who fail to use their income tax report by April 1 will be prosecuted vigorously under the war revenue act. Draft slackers were under the selective service act, according to a statement by Daniel C. Rope, commissioner of internal revenue. Revenue officers in every section are checking returns with a view to beginning prosecutions against tax dodgers.
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