Provost Crowder Details Second Draft Basis and Labor Safeguards
Washington reports Provost Marshal General Crowder outlined the second draft in which 800,000 men form the basis for allotment among states, with calls to be made in small groups to protect industry and agriculture. He urged limited withdrawals, deferments for essential labor, and new furloughs to balance military needs with farm and factory output.
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Eral
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Congress
Secretary of War
Saniers
Quartermaster’s Department
Ocior
American Raiders Penetrate German Front Lines 300 Yards Northwest of Toul
An American raiding party entered German trenches northwest of Toul at 6 am after a 45 minute bombardment. They penetrated 300 yards beyond the line, left no prisoners, and returned after 15 minutes with material and intelligence while sustaining no casualties. Hand to hand fighting occurred in dugouts with several Germans killed or wounded as the raid forced a retreat. The action was conducted without French support and the attackers reported minimal German counteraction.
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Toul
France
Reid
Entente
Ypres
Flanders
Armentieres
Arras
Count von Luxburg Still in Argentina
Reports spread that Count von Luxburg former German minister to Argentina had fled with a group of Germans crossing into Chile. The foreign office denied the claim saying he remains under guard in Buenos Aires and a neutral physician may accompany him home if Britain withholds safe conduct for a German physician.
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Buenos Aires
Count von Luxburg
Sweden
Valparaiso
Martin Garcia
South America
Berlin
Santiago
Chile
County von Luxburg
Argentina
Lomas de Lamora
Puenta Inca
Andes
Foreign Office
95 000 Men Called for Draft Across States
Washington reports Provost Marshal General Crowder ordered a 95,000 man draft movement to begin March 29 and run five days. The order includes remaining first draft and second draft registrants from every state except Iowa and Minnesota. The plan aims to complete the first draft by moving registrants in small, accommodated groups. State allocations include Arkansas 1511, Alabama 2634, Florida 2506, Georgia 5925, Kentucky 1651, Louisiana 3573, Mississippi 2220, North Carolina 5174, South Carolina 345, Tennessee 2753, Texas 3943, Virginia 2178.
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Crowder
Union
Iowa
Minnesota
Arkansas
Alabama
Florida
Georgia
Kentucky
Louisiana
Mississippi
North Carolina
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Virginia
Brown Refuses Affidavit in Campaign Controversy
The Wilmington Dispatch denounces Brown for refusing to provide the requested affidavit about authorship of articles on State Senate candidate W B Cooper. The paper defends its independence, asserts editorial rights, and notes its policy on accepting communications and advertising while denying coercion or mandated content.
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W. B. Cooper
State Senate
J. S. Brown
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Wilmington Dispatch
Wilmington
Carolina
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Dispatch
German Raid Advances Mark Western Front Activity
British forces report repelling German raiding efforts as artillery bursts intensify from Ypres to Verdun. In Russia, the All Russian Congress weighs Lenine backed terms while President Wilson offers support for a democratic Russia. Berlin convenes to ratify the Russo-German treaty as Paris endures a three hour air raid with fires and casualties.
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Moscow
Petrograd
Congress
Lenine
Wilson
Russia
Trotzky
Kiyenko
Reichstag
Berlin
Republicans choose Greensboro for state convention
The State Republican Committee meeting in Raleigh selected Greensboro as the convention city and condemned the Democratic committee's stance on Governor Bickett's nonpartisan proposals. The group, including eastern clubs, expressed readiness to accept the challenge issued recently and discussed future steps amid unresolved dates.
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Raleigh
N. C
North Carolina
Democratic State Committee
Bickett
Greensboro
Air Mail Service Delayed Seems May Start
Washington reports the airplane mail service between New York Philadelphia and Washington will probably begin by May 15 because suitable landing fields have not been found. The plan was to start on April 15.
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Washington
New York
Philadelphia
Suffragists Present Petition to South Carolina Senators
Washington, March 12. Mrs. Helen Gardiner of the National American Woman's Suffrage Association handed Senators Tillman and Smith of South Carolina a petition with signatures from several hundred Winthrop College students and faculty urging support for the Woman Suffrage Federal amendment.
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Washington
Tillman and Smith
South Carolina
Helen Gardiner
National American Woman’s Suffrage Association
Winthrop College
Express Firms to Be Taken Over by Government
Washington March 12 government control likely to be extended soon to major express companies as announced by the railroad administration. Adams American Wells Fargo Southern Great Northern Northern Canadian and Western would be affected.
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Nuti
Railroad Administration
Adams
American
Wells Fargo
Southern
Great Northern
Northan
Canadian
Western
Cooleemee Merchant Chooses Drowning Suicide
J N Ledford a 45 year old prominent Cooleemee merchant hanged a weight to his neck and drowned himself in a mill pond near Cooleemee Salisbury N C March 12 a note at his office led authorities to the body a search party recovered it this morning letters were left for his wife and brother in law no reason given for the act
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Salisbury
N. C
J. N. Ledford
Cooleemee
Ledford
Leonard
Cuba Loans To Aid War Prep As Treasurys Extends Credit
Washington reports the Treasury extended a $15,000,000 loan to the Cuban government to aid war preparations while Britain received a $200,000 loan. Both loans carry a new 5 percent interest rate and reflect growing Allied financing.
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Washington
United States
Treasury
Great Britain
Peterson Case Set for March 18 Trial
Raleigh March 12 Major George Peterson charged with embezzlement will go to trial Monday March 18 announced by solicitor Norris. The special dispatch notes the case proceeds in the local court.
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Peterson
Raleigh
Norris
George Peterson
British Heavy Guns Bombard Cambrai in March Bombardment
Berlin reports Cambrai was bombarded by British artillery using the heaviest calibre. Damage described as bombardment by large guns, with field reports from army headquarters via London dated March 12.
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London
Cambrai
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