Americans Describe German Home Front Hardship and War Belief
An Atlantic port report from March 7 describes how rationing and strict food control eased last winter for the poor compared to the prior season. Elizabeth McCann and two other Americans aboard a Danish steamer say Hamburg life was constrained, Germans believe in victory, and they expect peace soon despite allied forces. Mrs Rente, visiting near Magdeburg, notes scarce food but plenty for those who can pay.
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Atlantic
Elizabeth McCann
Germany
Philadelphia
Miss McCann
Hamburg
America
Fred Rente
Detroit
American Officer Captures German Lieutenant in Lorraine Front
An American staff colonel with a French raiding party met a Prussian lieutenant in an enemy trench and brought the officer back to American lines. It marks the first prisoner taken by Americans in this sector and follows a German raid that was repulsed with losses. An American patrol of one officer and eight men emerged from a shell hole near Toul and crossed No Man's Land unharmed.
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France
Lorraine
Chemin-Des-Dames
Toul
No Man's Land
Cessation of Advance Into Russia in World War I
Article notes a pause in German push into Russia with focus on trench raids and artillery bombardments in Europe. It reports German activity along the Verdun front and in Lorraine while the Russian front consolidates lines per a peace treaty. Moscow speeches claim Russia understands Germany’s demands.
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France
Russia
Flanders
Vosges
Verdun
Lorraine
Petrograd
Esthovan
Livonian
Moscow
Germany
New Frontiers Institute
Wilson’s Peace Address Influences Austria-Hungary
The January address by President Wilson outlining 14 conditions for world peace is discussed in German and Austrian press. Austrian deputies warn against rejecting the proposals, while Vienna’s General Staff notes a general desire for peace and no annexations, urging patience.
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New York
Wisne
Congress
Austria-Hungary
Germany
Tria
Stat
House of Deputies
Austria
Bulgaria
Turkey
Art -von Straussenderf
Vienna
Arbiter Zeitung
German raids at Verdun repulsed by French
War office report says German assault last night on Verdun front failed. French artillery checked raids near Cormicy Rheims Avocourt wood and Hill 344 with two officers captured in hand. Night bombardments continued around Douaumont and Lorraine. Macedonian front saw artillery activity west of Lake Ohrid and Castir region.
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Paris
Verdun Front
War Office
Cormicy
Rheims
Avocourt Wood
Verdun Mat
Avo
Douaumont
Lorraine
Alce
Lake Iran
Cerna
Castir
Overman Bill Wins in First Test in Senate
Washington reports on March 7 say Administration forces won the first test in the Senate Judiciary Committee on the Overman Bill. The measure, urged by President Wilson, would grant greater powers to coordinate and reorganize government departments for the war effort. The Reed resolution to inform the cabinet of proposed legislation passed 3 7 with three Republican and seven Democratic votes, signaling potential action to settle committee controversy.
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Washington
Senate
Wilson
Reed
Ts 880Ur
Republicer
Conferees Deadlocked Over Railroad Rate Control
Conferees on the Administration railroad control measure deadlocked today in Kington over rate making authority. Early agreement was reported, but the delay may push the Nee report to Congress until next week.
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Kington
Finnish Campaign Stirs Up Criticism Across Europe
Berlin dispatch reports Independent Socialists and progressive Reichstag members harshly criticise Germany’s intervention in Finland. Baron von Dem Buss che-Haddenhausen says Sweden has no objections to Germany’s action in response to Finland’s appeals. He notes the Aland islands base occupation had not yet occurred.
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Amsterdam
Germany
Finland
Sweden
Reichstag
Berlin
Baron von Dem Bussche-Haddenhausen
Aland Islands
Palmer Seeks Power to Sell Enemy Property in U.S.
Alien Property custodian A Mitchell Palmer asked Congress for authority to sell any enemy property in the United States at his discretion. The request accompanies the urgent deficiency appropriation bill and follows Wilson’s plea for power to acquire title to German wharves and property in Hoboken New Jersey.
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Washington
Congress
A. Mitchell-Palmer
United States
Palmer
Senate Appropriations Committee
Wilson
Hoboken
N.J
Standard cost system for motor trucks eyed at conference
New York March 7. The National Truck Owners Conference at the Waldorf Astoria will discuss adopting a standard operating and cost system for motor trucks. The meeting continues through tomorrow and Saturday.
Palmer Seeks Power to Sell German Holdings in U S
Alien property custodian A Mitchell Palmer asked Congress to empower sale of German assets in the United States to private buyers and hold proceeds in the treasury until after the war. The Senate appropriations committee unanimously backed the plan, with party lines on an related Hoboken piers proposal. Proceeds and timing depend on peace terms. American assets abroad also face similar action.
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Washington
United States
America
Congress
A. Mitchell Palme
Senate Appropriations Committee
Palmer
Germany
Hoboken
N. J
A German Warning to Neutral States
The Norddeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung warns neutral states over U S negotiations to buy neutral tonnage. It argues such transfers become hostile acts and could be treated as participation in economic warfare against Germany, risking serious complications and contradicting neutrality.
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Amsterdam
Norddeutsche Allgemine Zeitung
United States
Germany
Department Adopts Six Division Plan
Washington March 7 Based on the French three line method the War Department approved a plan fixing six divisions per army corps. Three corps form a field army with Pershing to decide corps and field army counts and commanders. The six division army corps will hold a front with two divisions and two reserve lines of two divisions each.
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Washington
France
War Department
Pershing
Ambassador Francis Denies US Aims in Russia
American Ambassador David R. Francis told Vologda readers that the United States has no plan for territorial conquest in Russia. He said the US would recognize any government chosen by the Russian people if it continued the war against the Central Powers and urged aid to that government. He warned that German peace terms threaten Russian liberties gained in the revolution.
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Vologda
Russia
David R. Francis
America
Lenine
Trotzky
Germany
United States
Germans Capture Jamburg as Turco-German Offensive Persists
A Russian official dispatch reports Jamburg, east of Narva, has fallen to German forces. The Turco-German offensive continues beyond Trebizond despite German claims that hostilities with Russia have ended.
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London
Jamburg
Narva
Trebizond
Russia
Negro Arrested in Winston Murder Case
Napoleon Spencer, colored, 18, was arrested at his father Henry Spencer’s home in Winston-Salem on a murder charge in the shooting deaths of Mr and Mrs Harvey Hester two miles east of the city Tuesday. Authorities sped him to the state prison near Raleigh due to local sentiment. evidence remains circumstantial but incriminating. Spencer had been seen near the Hester home and matches a description by witnesses.
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Winston-Salem
N. C
Napoleon Spencer
Henry Spencer
Harvey Hester
Raleigh
Spencer
Hester
Byerly
Court Authorities Await Developments in Peterson Embezzlement Case
Raleigh March 7 Solicitor E Herbert Norris says no move to bring Major George L Peterson back to North Carolina for trial on embezzlement charges until he is arrested at Columbia South Carolina where he serves in Camp Jackson s quartermaster s department Norris wired General McIver asking Peterson be turned over and not granted leave of absence. requisition papers will be issued when he is taken into custody by SC authorities.
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Raleigh
N. C
E. Herbert Norris
Seventh Judicial District
George L. Peterson
North Carolina
Peterson
Columbia
Quartermaster’s Department
Camp Jackson
South Carolina
Norris
McIver
Speaker Clark Celebrates 68th Birthday in Washington
Washington March 7 Speaker Clark marked his 68th birthday with many friends and a luncheon hosted by the Missouri delegation Former Speaker Cannon praised him hoping he would reach 100 and run a foot race intellectually and physically Clark thanked the assembly as the speeches began and ended amid applause
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Washington
Clark
Missouri
Cannon
House
Burns Detective Manager Held by New Orleans Police
Albert Bourgeois southern manager of the Burns Detective Agency was detained at a New Orleans police station on orders from Chief Mooney while federal authorities investigate. He had registered weeks ago under the enemy sign act as a German citizen. no formal charge was made and no reason for detention was disclosed.
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Burns
New Orleans
Albert Bourgeois
Burns Detective Agency
Mooney
Bourgeois
Germany
Cadet Hurlbut Dies In Training Flight
Fort Worth Texas March 7 Bur ton Hurlbut Royal Flying Corps cadet killed attempting a landing He was with an instructor who was uninjured Hurlburt the thirty sixth cadet killed here and his mother is listed as living in Prescott Ontario
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Fort Worth
Texas
Death of John Redmond Considered Irish Crisis Marker
London reports the death of John Redmond during the crucial Irish convention sessions. He led moderate efforts toward home rule by parliamentary means and supported Britain’s war entry after Belgium’s invasion, earning broad respect in England. The convention paused to mourn and praised his wise counsel and pivotal role.
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London
John Redmond
Ireland
Mr. Redmond
French War Office reports repulse of German raids in Lorraine
The French War Office stated that raids north of Chemin-Des-D and east of Courcy in Lorraine failed. French forces captured about 20 German prisoners. In the Meuse region near Caurieres a Chaume wood there was heavy artillery fighting and a German attack was repulsed. Lorraine saw a German raid on American trenches repulsed with prisoners taken. In the Vosges the Germans made several vain attempts to reach French lines.
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Paris
French War Office
Lor Raine
Chemin-Des-D
Courcy
Meuse
Caurieres
Chaume Woods
Chevalliers Wood
Lorraine
L 80
Vosges
Prohibition and Woman Suffrage Lead New National Party
Chicago, March 7. Nation wide prohibition and woman suffrage would be leading planks in the platform of the new National party at its first Nazi convention here. The party, augmented by more than 100 delegates from a Prohibition party merger, anticipated platform adoption today. Mrs Frances Beauchamp of Lexington Ky attacked the Red Cross for tobacco shipments to soldiers and urged the administration to prohibit tobacco in overseas packages. She claimed Red Cross policy forces tobacco inclusion and asked for policy change to stop tobacco shipments with aid parcels.
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Chicago
New National Party
Prohibition Party
Red Cross
Nation Administration
Frances Beauchamp
Lexington
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