American Troops Repel German Shock Troops Near Toul
American soldiers repulsed a German assault northwest of Toul with heavy losses. The fighting included hand to hand combat, captures of American prisoners, and a West Point graduate captain killed while leading a rear attack from No Man’s Land. French forces also fought in Champagne as tensions with Japan and allied negotiations continue.
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Toul
Nomin Des Dames
Amernine
Noas Land
1St Point
Eenemy
Butte Duesnil
Posim
E Champagne
London
Japan
T East
France
Ith
Toul Ite
West Point Eli
Irving
Maine
Tone
Water Power Bill Urged as Stabilizer for Industry
Secretaries Baker Lane and Houston urged Chairman Sims to pass the water power bill with clarified language to protect public rights and private investment. They say development is urgent to maintain trade, reduce coal and oil drain, and stabilize the power industry for extensions and maturing obligations.
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Washington
Sims
House
Special Water Power Committee
Baker
Lane
Houston
United States
Berlin visit files peace talks and military stance
A Dutch visitor who spent a week in Berlin reports discussions with Baron von Dem Bussche Harrabusen, Dr Drews, Dr Solf, and General von Stein. The core view is Germany will not relinquish military advantage unless peace talks seem likely to succeed, with raids continuing for strategic reasons. He notes Americans in Berlin enjoy freedom and comfortable living, with English spoken in hotels and by American patrons without objection.
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Amsterdam
Nieuwe Rotterdamsch Courant
Berlin
Baron von Dem Bussche-Haddenhausen
Drews
Solf
von Stein
Germany
North Carolinian Killed in France During War
General Pershing reports Corporal Myrian Roesen of Chicago and Private Clarence Mooney of Gastonia North Carolina were accidentally killed February 27 in France. Private Harry Taylor of Springfield Ohio was severely wounded and Second Lieutenant James C. Wemyss of Tarboro North Carolina plus 23 others were slightly wounded on February 23. No details given and not believed to be gas attack casualties.
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Washington
Pershing
War Department
Myrian Roesen
Chicago
Clarence Mooney
Infantry
Gastonia
N. C
Harry Taylor
Springfield
Ohio
James C. Wemyss
Tarboro
Liberty engine test for Bristol Curtiss bi-plane in Buffalo
Buffalo March 2 The first major test of the Liberty 12 cylinder airplane motor fitted to a Bristol Curtiss bi plane is scheduled for today. The bi plane is estimated to reach 140 miles an hour, a speed unmatched by any prior U S aircraft. Major Davis of the British flying corps is expected to pilot the machine.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Bristol
United States
Major Davis
British Flying Corps
Weather forecast for South Atlantic and East Gulf States
Washington reports a generally fair week including Sunday with no decided temperature changes. The outlook covers the South Atlantic and East Gulf States for the coming days.
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Washington
South Atlantic
East Gulf States
Disputed Points Still Unsettled in War Finance Bill
Washington March 2 Senate resumed consideration of the War Finance Corporation bill with virtually all disputed phases unresolved. Leaders agreed on the urgency of speedy enactment and sought a final vote before adjournment.
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Washington
War Finance Corporation
Senate
German thrust toward Petrograd targets chief freight hub
A Petrograd dispatch dated Friday via Exchange Telegraph reports German forces advancing on Bologore on the Moscow Petrograd railroad. The move aims to sever supplies to Petrograd and force capitulation by famine, the message says.
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London
Bologore
Moscow-Petrograd
Petrograd
Exchange Telegraph Company
War costs U S near billion a month
Washington reports the money cost of the war to the United States runs near a billion dollars monthly. February outlay slightly under January and December, totaling $1,003,878,608, with two thirds for ordinary war expenses and $325,000,000 in loans to allied governments.
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Washington
United States
Treasury
Germans Raid Wide Front in France. British Hold Line
London reports German troops conducted a broad raid on Portuguese trenches in Northern France. A British counter attack restored the line with several enemy prisoners, while Norfolk troops and patrols took captives near Armentieres and Arleux En Gohelle.
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London
France
British War Office
Hargicourt
Armentieres
Avelux En Gohelle
Netve Chappelle
Portugese
Ypres-Comines Canal
Houtholst Forest
Passachendaele
Explosion kills German battalion in Pskov retreat
Amsterdam March 2 report says in the capture of Pskov by German forces one battalion suffered heavy losses from an explosion caused by retreating Russians. Berlin dispatch printed in The Volks Zeitung of Cologne notes the incident amid the advancing Germans.
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Amsterdam
Pskov
Berlin
Volks Zeitung
Cologne
Schupp Signs Giants Contract for 1919 Season
Ferdi Schupp of Louisville will rejoin the New York National League pitching staff after accepting an advance in salary. McGraw met Schupp in Louisville and it is unofficially stated he will receive $10,000 for the season.
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Schupp
Giants
Louisville
Ferdinand Schupp
New York Nationals
McGraw
Japan offers no proposals on Russia crisis stance
London reports a Japanese source says Japan made no concrete proposals or military plans in response to the Russian situation. It notes Japan asked Allies for their views, claims no aggrandizement motive, and asserts Japan's duty to maintain Far East peace amid German threats in East Siberia.
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London
Reuter’s Limited
Japan
Russia
Far East
Siberia
Peace terms urge Ferdinand to abdicate in Romania
Berlin dispatch reports Count Czernin presented terms to King Ferdinand proposing abdication in favor of his brother Prince William or a referendum on his successor in Romania. The message was transmitted via Exchange Telegraph from Amsterdam.
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Ferdinand
London
Ferdinand of
Rumania
Czernin
Prince William
Berlin
Exchange Telegraph
Amsterdam
Bandits Rob Cashier Near Doehler Die Casting Plant
Four bandits in a fast car stopped a paymaster from Doehler Die Casting Company near the western Toledo outskirts. They robbed him of 8900 dollars as he returned from the bank. A guard accompanying him was shot, and the robbers fled in their car.
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Toledo
Doehler Die-Casting Company
Cotton Fire Ravages South Carolina Warehouse
Wagner South Carolina March 2 A blaze destroyed a cotton warehouse early this morning burning approximately 100000 dollars worth of long staple cotton.
Germans to Meet Stiff Resistance in Baltic Sea Action
Benjamin H. Groves, chief gunner’s mate aboard the armed guard of the Nyanza, is commended for sinking a German submarine after a two and a half hour battle. The Nyanza, formerly the German Esslingen, fired 92 rounds as the U-boat unleashed about 200 shells before capsizing. The report notes the submarine was destroyed with all on board, and Groves’ decisive fire and range finding led to the kill.
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Washington
Benjamin H. Groves
Daniels
Nyanza
Groves
Armed Guard
Navy
New York
Esslingen
Pacific
United States
Only Three Americans On The Prize Vessel
Copenhagen March 2. John Cameron captain of the American schooner Beluga his wife and their four year old daughter were the only American prisoners on the Spanish steam ship Igotz Mendi which went ashore at the northern tip of Jutland while attempting to reach a German port. Captain Cameron says Germans fed and treated all prisoners well until a Japanese escaped then all were kept below for 28 days. A German official statement February 25 said the German auxiliary cruiser Wolf had returned home after 15 months at sea. A British admiralty note of the same date said the Wolf sank 11 ships and several sailing vessels. Later reports showed the Igotz Mendi after capture last May was placed under a prize crew with prisoners from sunken vessels aboard. The Igotz Mendi followed the Wolf for four months until separating south of Ireland. The German prize crew has been interned.
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Copenhagen
John Cameron
Mary
Janita
San Francisco
Jutland
Denmark
Cameron
Wolf
Atlantic
Indian
Pacific
Igotz Mendi
Ireland
Ten Americans Captured Near Chavignon Front
Berlin via London reports that ten American soldiers were captured by German forces near Chavignon on the French front, according to army headquarters announcements.
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Berlin
London
Chavignon
Wireless Link Opens Between Stavenger and U S
A new wireless station at Stavenger Norway has successfully communicated with American stations during trials. Regular trans Atlantic service will begin once the American government grants permission. Stavanger lies on the North Sea coast 100 miles south of Bergen, about 3,300 miles from American soil.
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Christiana
Stavenger
Norway
United States
Stavanger
North Sea
Bergen
Secret Marriage Revealed of Lieutenant Grant Fourth
Spartanburg S C March 2 Lieutenant US Grant the fourth now transferred to the ordnance department disclosed he was secretly married October 4 in Spartanburg to Miss Matilda Bartikofsky of New York City The groom obtained the probate judge to delay filing the record until today The pair wed at the probate judge office and Mrs Grant returned to New York that evening Grant is 24 and Bartikofsky 22
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Spartanburg
S. C
U. S. Grant
Camp Wadsworth
Ordnance Department
Washington
Grant
Matilda Bartikofsky
New York City
Bartikofsky
Court House
Naval Tug Mariner Lost in Heavy Gale
Washington reports the naval tug Mariner was lost in a February gale with all officers and crew rescued and brought to port. The vessel formerly Jack T. Scully of Neptune Line, was taken over by the Navy last September and commissioned in December after $3,000 in repairs. The wooden craft measured 109 feet, 220 gross tons, 110 net, and once operated between New York and Bangor, Maine.
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Washington
Mariner
Navy Department
Jack T. Scully
Neptune Line
Navy
New York
Bangor
Bank Reserve Surplus Drops Sharply in City Totals
New York reports that banks and trust companies hold 12,510,810 dollars in excess of legal reserve requirements for the week, a decrease of 45,275,230 dollars from the prior week, indicating a tightening in reserve positions among major institutions.
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New York
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