Raids and Naval Action Stretch Across Fronts
The report details intensified raids on the Western front with American and British forces probing trenches near Luneville and Polygon Wood, while German artillery presses the Ypres area. In Palestine British advances north of Jaffa take six villages on an eleven mile front. Odessa remains under German hold with implications for invasion routes and grain shipping. German airpower targets broaden, with airships over the English coast and Zeppelins bombing coastal targets.
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Champagne
Palestine
Jaffa
Jerusalem- Nabolus
Odessa
Black Sea
Persia
Rassia
Caucasus
Russia
Caucasian
Caspian Sea
Turkey
Ter
Orever
Respect
Stran
England
German Russian policy blamed for limiting Far East leverage
Amsterdam dispatch notes sections of German circles grow uneasy as Far East events unfold. Frankfurter Zeitung warns breakup of Russia harms Germany and urges tact with border states to avoid future anti-German sentiment and reunification with Russia.
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Amsterdam
Far East
The
Frankfurter Zeitung
Russia
Germany
Great Britain
von Salzmann
Vossische Zeitung Mites
States
Japan
United States
Holland
Britain
Southeast Asia
Outbreak Aboard Russian Steamer Omsk Sparks Uprising
Norfolk reports a mutiny aboard the Russian steamer Omsk tied at Jones Wharf. United States sailors and customs inspectors seized 47 crew members and jailed them awaiting trial on mutinous conduct. Firearms, knives and hundreds of cartridges were found on the ship. Investigators suspect Bolshevik influence led the unrest. The Omsk, bound for England with cotton, was to be escorted by a warship convoy if diverted.
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Norfolk
United States
Collector of Customs
Omsk
Jones’ Wharf
Russia
Cook
Smiltreik
Jawonski
Hamilton
England
Gulf
Edmond Yankovsky
Dutch Will Increase Meat Exports to Allies
The United States and Britain plan a 50 percent rise in Dutch meat exports to the Allies, possibly doubling soon, to stock Allied meat reserves from surplus. Allies would provide ships. the move hinges on Dutch cooperation and policy changes.
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Washington
The
Food Administration
London
Holland
Great Britain
United States
Court Rejects Bolo Pashe Appeal in Court Martial Case
Paris reports the court of Revision confirmed the death sentence imposed by court martial on Bolo Pashe. The ruling also upheld the three year imprisonment sentence for Darius Parshe, who was tried with Pashe.
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Paris
Bank Burglarized in Ringgold Vault Heist
Bank of Ringgold in Ringgold Georgia was robbed last night when burglars blew the vault open and escaped with about four to five thousand dollars. The incident occurred as Chattanooga police pursued leads in the region.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Bank of Ringgold
Charleston Selected as Shipyard Site on South Atlantic
Washington reports Charleston South Carolina has been chosen by the Shipping Board as the site for one of two new shipbuilding yards on the South Atlantic coast. Board members include Rear Admiral Harris, General Hutchinson, Colonel Humphreys, and Ethelbert Stewart.
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Washington
Charleston
S. C
The
Shipping Board
South Atlantic
Frederick R. Harris
Navy Department and Shipping Board
Grote Hutchinson
War Department
G. E. Humphreys
Engineer Corps
Ethelbert Stewart
Department of Labor
Floods Hit Canisteo Valley Firms Homes In New York
Rochester reports floods sweeping the Canisteo River valley driving hundreds from homes and crippling industry. Rescue boats operate as the Erie and Shawmut rail lines flood. Rain continues and the river rises toward Corning with warnings issued by Hornell telephone operators.
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Erie
Shawmut
Canisteo River
Corning
Hornell
Ideal Fighting Weather Prevails on British Front
British and German forces spar in ideal fighting weather with artillery duels and extensive aerial activity. British airmen report 39 German planes destroyed and 40 driven out of control in early March, with continued raids on enemy airfields and coordinated bombardments behind German lines.
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France
Belgium
Secretary Baker Holds Conferences in Paris
Secretary Baker, in Paris on a busy day, met with British foreign secretary Arthur J. Balfour and General Foch. He lunched with Generals Pershing, Bliss, and Henry Baker, then spoke with J R Kearny of the public information service and visited the Red Cross headquarters. He also met former Premier Viviani, Foreign Minister Pinchon, and Oscar T. Crosby of the Treasury.
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Paris
Baker
Arthur J. Balfour
Foch
Pershing
Bliss
Henry Baker
J. R. Kearny
Public Information Service
The
Red Cross
Robert P. Perkins
Europe
Viviani
Pinchon
Foreign Office
Oscar T. Crosby
Treasury Department
American Wounded in Raid on Paris
A US sergeant acting as chauffeur for the quartermaster's department in Paris was slightly wounded in last night's raid. In a Paris hospital district six persons were killed and seven injured by bombs dropped by German airmen.
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Paris
Trial in Hirsch blackmail case opens before Atlanta jury
A Fulton county Superior Court jury begins hearing evidence in the case of Mrs. Margaret A. Hirsch charged with blackmail of Asa Candler, Atlanta mayor. The trial features 28 salesmen questioned, venue motion denied, and Supreme Court style protections in a capital-crime like proceeding.
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Atlanta
Margaret A. Hirsch
Asa C. Candler
Benjamin Hill
Fulton County Superior Court
Richard B. Russell
Court of Appeals
Hill
Birsch
Candler
Hirsch
Ben Hill
Superior Court
Mrs. Hirsch
Cook
Russell
Hospital Ship Castle Attacked in Bristol Channel
London reports the hospital ship Castle was unsuccessfully attacked by a submarine in the Bristol Channel on March 10 marking a second such attack on British hospital ships. A fortnight earlier the Glenart Castle was sunk in the same channel with about 150 lives lost amid German immunity pledges.
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London
Bristol Channel
Glenart Castle
Guilford Castle
Great Britain
Wales
England
Railroads Ordered to Make Inventory by May 1
Washington March 14 Director General McAdoo ordered railroads to inventory materials and supplies on hand December 31 1917 for use in government administration of purchases additions betterments and financing. Inventories must begin by May 1 and be adjusted to reflect December 31 conditions. If earlier inventories exist they may be used as the basis for the report.
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Washington
McAdoo
Trotzky Opposition to Ratifying Germany Peace Terms
A dispatch from Ambassador Francis at Vologda reports Leon Trotzky opposition to ratifying Germany's peace terms by the Soviet Congress. He is said to advocate reorganization and use of the army to defend Russia.
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Washington
Leon Trotzkyi
Soviet Congress of Germany
Russia
State Department
Francis
Vologda
Flying Cadet Killed in 4000-Foot Plunge
San Antonio reports on March 18 that Howard Holladay of Denver and Cole, a flying cadet at Kelly Field, died when his aircraft fell 4000 feet late Wednesday.
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San Antonio
Texas
Howard Holladay
Denver
Cole
Kelly Field
Storm warning issued from Baltimore to Southport
Storm warning signals ordered up this afternoon extending from Baltimore to Southport as a southwest storm moved in.
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Washington
Baltimore
Southport
Germans Reported Seizing Abo in Finland
A strong German detachment reportedly occupies Abo on the Finnish coast west of Helsingfors and immediately advances inland into Finland, as of Wednesday, March 13.
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Petrograd
Abo
Finland
Hels
Rainbow Division Repulsed German Raid
American troops from the Rainbow division repulsed a German raid of March 5. Commanded by a division leader praised by General Gerard of the Eighth French Army. Pershing reported light American losses with enemy casualties and prisoners taken.
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Washington
42D
Pershing
Gerard
Rainbow
Ger
Fregch
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Singapore
Holand
Helland
Netherlands
Angus Phillips
Wilson
Bolo
Canisteo Valley
Rochester
N.Y
J. W. Cook
Trotzky
Rainbow Division
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