Zimmermann Says Action Taken Only as Defensive
Foreign Secretary Zimmermann defends German moves as defensive and within war rules. He claims Germany anticipated conflict with the United States after unrestricted submarine warfare and asserts plans to offer Mexico an alliance if war with the U S occurred. The Berlin telegram reports Zimmermann’s version as semi official.
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London
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Mexico
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Amsterdam
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Mexico City
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Control of Next House Remains in Doubt
Republicans hold a narrow edge to lead the next House after the death of Representative Coney of New York. With 215 votes pledged to Republicans and 214 to Democrats, independents may swing control. Seven pages note that several newly elected Democrats are ill and no successor to Coney is expected until November.
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New York
Coney
House
Wilson tells Republicans he will not seek war moves without Congress
President Wilson conveyed to Senate leaders that he will not call Congress into extra session unless an extraordinary crisis demands it. He aims to pass key appropriation bills this session and plans to address foreign policy as developments unfold.
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Associated Press
Washington
Wilson
Germany
Congress
Senate
Stone
la Follette
Hitchcock
House
New Hanover 3 Board Named
The General Assembly enacts an omnibus education bill naming county boards of education appointees. Several counties appear in bills. Alamance Bertie Currituck Gates Guilford Halifax and Lee listed. Names and six year terms assigned to many local officials in each county.
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Alleghany
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F. M. Osborne
W. E H. Cox
Mexico Denies German alliance proposal
Guadalajara March 3 General Candido Aguilar provisional minister of foreign relations formally denied that the Mexican government had been approached by Germany with any proposal for an alliance aimed at war with the United States. The foreign minister stated Mexico has not received any such proposal on behalf of Germany.
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Sayville
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United States
Japan
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Germany
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Associated Press
Guadalajara
Candido Aguilar
Bone Dry Bill Signed By Wilson In Post Office Aid
President Wilson signed the post office appropriation bill on March 3 adding the bone dry prohibition provision. The legislation aims to curb liquor shipments via the mails and enforce strict temperance enforcement nationwide.
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Associated Press
Washington
Wilson
Post Office
Japan denies Mexico or Germany sought alliance against U S
Tokyo reports that Japan has received no proposals from Mexico or Germany to join a war against the United States. Foreign Ministry officials say they are surprised by any German suggestion and reiterate Japan's loyalty to its allies.
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Associated Press
Tokio
Viscount Motono
Japan
Mexico
Germany
United States
Kijuro Shidehara
Memphis unions force shutdowns of downtown stores
In Memphis on March 3 the union of clerks prompted about sixty department stores to close their doors as the Memphis Retailers Association announced temporary business suspension to prevent disorder. Employed workers will receive regular wages. The action follows a mass meeting where unions urged a $6 weekly minimum, overtime pay, arbitration, and other work rules, though most retailers said current conditions already meet their standards.
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Associated Press
Memphis
Tenn
Memphis Retailers Association
Eggs Fall Sharply in Alabama Markets
Mobile Alabama March 2 Eggs were advertised by large grocers at twenty five cents per dozen guaranteed strictly yard eggs. The drop from recent quotations is sensational as eggs had sold as high as sixty cents per dozen.
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Associated Press
Mobile
Ala
Omnibus Bill in Upper House Stirs North Carolina Session
Raleigh March 3 Forty two senators pledged to stay out of the session guiding future bills. The Senate passed the certification and institute conductors bill making it law. It approved 25000 for Caswell Training School and 25000 for the Women's Reformatory. The substitute omnibus bill to appoint county boards of education also passed. Pollock’s intermarriage bill was killed on second reading amid House confusion. The highway bill diverts the automobile fund with seventy percent to counties and thirty to the state.
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Raleigh
N. C
House
Senate
Certification and Institute
Caswell Training School
Women’s Reformatory
Pollock
State Highway Commission
Bernstorff Named Reichstag Candidate in Place of Neiding
Amsterdam report says Count von Bernstorff, former German ambassador to the United States, has been nominated as Reichstag candidate replacing the late Herr von Neiding. The Telegraph cites the Telegraaf.
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Associated Press
Amsterdam
London
Count von Bernstorff
United States
Reichstag
Herr von Neiding
Telegraaf
Weather styles for next week in southeast states forecast
Washington reports clearing and colder weather Sunday then several days of fair and moderately cold conditions across the southeast states for the coming week beginning tomorrow. Warmer weather is expected after Wednesday.
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Associated Press
Washington
President to Take Oath for Second Term
President Wilson will take the oath of office for a second term in his room at the capitol at noon Sunday. He will deliver the inaugural address on the front steps of the capitol after the oath.
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Associated Press
Washington
Wilson
The
Capitol
Greek Vessel Procomisso Sunk by German Submarine
Reuters reports the Greek steamship Procomisso of 2769 tons gross, requisitioned by the royalist government to sail to America for 5000 tons of grain, torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine on its run to aid Old Greece.
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Associated Press
London
Reuters
Procomisso
America
Old
Greece
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