Germany Rules Submarine Sight Entitles US Vessels to Fire
The State Department holds that the mere appearance of a German submarine or its periscope near an American armed merchantman justifies protective action. A ship could fire on a sub as soon as seen, if hostile intent is presumed due to Germany’s policy to sink on sight. Lansing denied any plans for a white book on German plots.
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Ilr Aexocmen Press
Washington
Deas
Department
Sahel
Germany
United States
State Department
Senate
Lansing
London street vendors to halt contents posters
London march 10. Beginning this month street news venders will no longer display posters indicating the contents of newspapers they sell. The government issued an order prohibiting posters known as contents bills to conserve the paper supply and curb clutter on city streets.
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Associated Press
London
Thiy Streets
Plot about wireless money box stuns police
AP dispatch from New York reports investigators concluded a supposed money making box was a portable wireless outfit capable of sending messages to Berlin. Police say key parts were missing but could have been carried in the box and linked to Max Wex alleged to have swindled others in several cities.
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Associated Press
New York
Max Wex
TOR
Germans Attempt To Regain Ground In Champagne Fight
Paris reports new French successes in Champagne where German charges failed to recover ground lost near Maisons de Champagne. Despite back and forth fighting, French arms held and gained fresh progress. Romanian Dobrudja operations noted. Berlin claims Russians cling to some ground near the province’s northern edge and reports a German air raid on Sultana estuary sites.
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Champagne
France
Paris
Maisons de Champagne
Nivelles
Eastern Front Update From Berlin Reports No Major Fighting
Berlin reports no significant combat on the eastern front yesterday. Prisoners from the Magyaros Height assault total 13 officers and 291 men with 17 machine guns and five mine throwers captured. No change reported on the Macedonian front.
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Berlin
Sayville
Russians Driven Out In Champagne Attacks
Russian troops attacked German lines near Prosnes in the Champagne yesterday. The war office says Russians penetrated trenches at some points but were driven out. South of Ripont fighting continued with no major result. The French failed in an attack on the Verdun front.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Sayville
Champagne
Prosnes
War Office
Ripont
Verdun
French Raid Forces Hit German Lines Near Courieres Wood
On the Verdun front the Germans attacked trenches recaptured by the French north of Courieres wood and were repelled by a counter attack. French raids also penetrated Armancourt to the third trenches and took prisoners near Crouy northeast of Soissons.
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Paris
Verdun
Courieres Wood
Armancourt
Crouy
Soissons
Russians Fight to Hold Heights on Northern Front
Petrograd reports Russian counter attacks northwest of Ocna as Germans recently took the heights. On the Western front scouts and rifle fire continue. Romanian front shows continued counter attacks to recapture heights lost on March 8.
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Petrograd
London
Ocna
Secor
Man Arrested in New York for Counterfeit Device Swindle
Meax Wex a native of Germany was arrested in New York charged with swindling Germans across the country by a machine claimed to reproduce currency. Police say complaints come from New York St Louis Cincinnati Chicago and others. Frank Sternberg said Wex claimed German government orders entanglement of currency to increase circulation and he paid a thousand dollar bill for a box supposedly containing ten bills but found only tissue paper.
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Associated Press
New York
Meax Wex
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Chicago
Frank Sternberg
Wex
Sternberg
New Apartment Hotel Planned for Manhattan Shopping District
Plans outline a 12 story Webster apartments hotel in midtown New York with 400 well lit rooms to house unmarried working women at 4 dollars weekly. The project funded by Charles Bertram Webster’s will allocates 1 325 637 for construction and upkeep with food at cost. Directors say the aim is to provide opportunities for marriage minded residents and the hotel is slated to open next year.
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Associated Press
New York
Chas
Bertram Webster
Webster Apartments
Townsend
Rumor Claims French Ship Ohio Sunk by Torpedo
A shipping circle report says the 8,700 ton freighter Ohio flying the French flag may have been torpedoed after sailing February 19 from New York and due at Havre. The French line denied confirmation. The Ohio was a large armed freighter in Allied service.
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Associated Press
New York
Ohio
Havre
Allied Service
Government buildings reopen to visitors in Washington
Precautions to safeguard government buildings relaxed after recent tensions. Most attractions are open to visitors. only the State War and Navy building the White House and the Navy Yard remain restricted.
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Associated Press
Washington
State
War and Navy Building
White House
The
Navy Yard
Alabama Proud As Father And Son Sit In Congress
Alabama celebrates a first as Senator John H. Bankhead's long service is joined by his son Representative William B. Bankhead. the state boasts a father and son in the same Congress, a line of succession admired by Alabama.
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Alabama
John H. Bankhead
William B. Bankhead
Immigrants Reach U.S. in Six Months Near 1916 Year
Washington reports that in the last six months nearly match 1916 totals with 298,826 entrants for the year. Of 24,745 January intending to stay, 3,397 were English or Scotch and 1,020 German. Exclusions included 300 Mexicans 151 English and 121 French.
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Associated Press
Washington
United States
Federal Bureau of Immigration
Germany
Secrecy Agreed On Arming American Merchantmen
New York March 10 shipping men agreed with Secretary Daniels that information about arming and sailing American merchantmen should be withheld from publication. They said compliance would aid spy detection and not hinder shipping. Phillip Daronde of Oriental Navigation Company and Newcomb Carlton of Western Union said they would cooperate with officials to suppress such messages.
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Associated Press
New York
Etary
Daniels
Phillip Daronde
Oriental Navigation Company
Daronde
Regular delivery notice for The Wilmington Dispatch
Readers who do not receive The Dispatch by 6 30 should call 176 or 205 to help Circulation improve delivery. The paper aims to ensure everyone gets the newspaper by supper time.
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Wilmington Dispatch
Dispatch
German war loan reaches ten million marks
Berlin March 10. The first subscription to the sixth German war loan totaled ten million marks. The Continental Caoutchouc and Guttapercha Company of Hanover was the sole subscriber, announced by Overseas News Agency.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Sayville
Over Seas
Continental Caoutchouc and Guttapercha Company
Hanover
Weather Outlook Sees Rain Then Fair Skies
The Associated Press reports that the southeastern states will experience overcast skies with local rains and thunderstorms at the start of the week, followed by generally fair weather and moderate temperatures after Monday.
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Associated Press
Washington
Unfilled Steel Orders Break Record
New York March 10 The unfilled orders of United States Steel Corporation on February 28 stood at 11 576 697 tons, breaking all previous records with an increase of 102 643 tons from January 31.
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Associated Press
New York
United States Steel Corporation
Outlaw Horses Busted at National Feeders Show in Fort Worth
Fort Worth Texas March 10 some of the toughest outlaw horses in the country are due to get busted during the National Feeders and Breeders Show which opened a weeks session here today Buckers have been imported from all parts of the west and southwest for the championship events in which the best men and women riders will participate
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Fort Worth
Texas
Eight German ship officers jailed for sinking Liebenfels
Eight officers of the German steamer Liebenfels were sentenced to one year in the Atlanta Federal penitentiary and fined 500 each for sinking a vessel in a navigable stream near Charleston. Nine were indicted. Captain Klattennhoff ill, case postponed. Jury acquitted conspiracy charge.
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Associated Press
Florence
S. C
Charleston Harbor
Atlanta Federal Penitentiary
Federal
Klatennhoff
Charleston
Liebenfels
G. A. Youngberg
United States
Navy Yard
Smuggling Probe Ties to German Raiders at Philadelphia Yard
Federal investigators in Philadelphia probe alleged smuggling of goods to and from the German commerce raiders Kron Prinz Wilhelm and Prinz Eitel Friedrich interned at the Navy Yard. A Marine sergeant faces accusations over failure to search wagons of food stores. Arrests reportedly planned. unconfirmed claims that ammunition was among smuggled items.
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Asse 2Ted Press
Philadelphia
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Prinz Eistel Friederich
National Orange Day Marked Across United States
United Press reports March 10 Los Angeles observes National Orange Day with Southern California turning the day into a celebration. Mayors in nearly 100 cities issue proclamations urging residents to eat citrus fruit amid advertising postcards films gifts and letters promoting oranges. District chairmen rally local interest arranging for oranges to be served in various ways today.
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United Press
Los Angeles
United States
California
Nine Mediterranean ships sunk in German report
Berlin reports nine steam ships and three sailing vessels sunk in the Mediterranean with a total tonnage of 32 000. Vessels named include Marine Rosalie Wathfield French steamer Trojan Prince Burrby Victoria Craigendoran and Minas to which 1 000 Italian soldiers and 3 000 000 marks in gold were tied to a transport.
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Mediterranean
Marine
Snk
Rosalie
New York
Salonica
Burrby
Cardiff
Victoria
Craigendoran
Minas
Wathfield
London Lloyds
Burnley
Marino
Admiraltty
Salonm
Gasoline Prices Seen Staying High This Year
Washington report notes Congress did not act on Representative Steenerson’s plan to study gas costs. Auto owners face likely higher prices again as many cars stayed in garages last year due to cost, with no substitute in sight.
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United Press
Washington
Congress
Steenerson
House
Vice President Marshall Heads South on Ten Day Trip
Vice President Marshall departs from the White House with Mrs. Marshall for a ten day Southern trip. He will speak at Washington N C Americus Ga Winston Salem N C Atlanta Macon Ga Montgomery with return to Washington after March 20.
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Associated Press
Washington
Marshall
South
White House
Fortress Monroe
N. C
Americus
Winston-Salem
Atlanta
Macon
Montgomery
German raid on canal soil near Mexico City claim
American passengers aboard the Wolvin Line steamship Harald arriving at Galveston report a German led radio station is being built on a hill near Mexico City. They say the project is under German direction and part of a larger operation tied to Veracruz events.
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Associated Press
Galveston
Texas
Wolvin’ Line
Harald
Vera Cruz
Mexico City
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