President Wilson summons Congress to meet on war crisis
President Wilson calls an extraordinary session for April 2 to address grave questions of national policy as Germany’s submarine warfare drives the United States toward a state of war. He will outline actions to protect American lives and ships and seek a formal declaration of war in effect.
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Associated Press
Washington
Wilson
Germany
United States
Congress
United
High Seas
Nfrican
Toust
White House
Luihers
Governanah
Stlion
von Bernstorff
I.ws
Zimontinueg
President Calls Congress to Extra Session in 1917
President Woodrow Wilson proclaims Congress to convene in extra session at noon on April 2 1917 to consider grave questions of national policy. The proclamation is dated March 21 1917 and notes the 141st year of U S independence.
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Associated Press
Washington
Congress
Congress of the
United States
Woodrow Wilson
United States of America
Western Drive Presses German Retreat in Macedonia and Mesopotamia
British and French forces push along the Hindenburg line from Lille to Laon with Tergnier and LaFere in view as Cambrai remains a key barrier to Valenciennes. In Macedonia fighting intensifies near Sarrail’s troops while Russian forces cross from Sakkiz into Turkish Mesopotamia.
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Marne
LaFere
Hindenburg
Lille
Laon
Nivelle
Tergnier
Noyon
Cambrai
Valenciennes
Belgium
Picardy
Verdun
Sarrail
Petrograd
London
British Admiralty
Wireless Press
Sakkiz
Persia
War Office
Monastir Bombardment Toll Reported In Serbian Dispatch
Bulgaran shelling and gas bombardment of Monastir on March 17 killed more than 60 civilians including 25 women and 37 children. Additional shell fire killed nearly twenty, while gas caused many more deaths and nonrecoveries among old men, women, and children.
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Associated Press
Corfu
Greece
London
Monastir
Saloniki
Emergency caucus set as Congress plans early action
Washington reports Majority Leader Kitchin announced a Democratic caucus to organize the new House will meet March 30, with emergency authority likely as first business. Speaker Clark travels from New Orleans and Republican Leader Mann is in Chicago as leaders hurry back to Washington.
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Washington
Kitchin
North Carolina
Clark
New Orleans
Mann
Chicago
Capitol
House
Champ Clark
House of Representatives
James M. Thompson
Congress
War On Germany Seen As Likely After Wilson Action
Washington March 21 predicts Congress will declare a state of war. Chairman Flood says swift passage of a war declaration and funding to support rapid war plans is expected. Poindexter says Congress will authorize a limited war on German submarines with vigorous action. Cabinet weighs opening ports to Entente warships and aiding allies with credits and anti submarine efforts.
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Associated Press
Washington
Wilson
Capitol
Congress
Flood
House Foreign Affairs Committee
House
Senate
Poindexter
United States
Europe
Federal Shipping Board
Americans Lost on Vigilancia Sinking List Names Five
London reports American consul-general Robert Skinner received a list naming five Americans lost when the steamer Vigilancia was torpedoed last Friday. Names include Neils North F Brown Joseph Fibera Estphan Lopez and F Adernhold with Altala Alabama as a listed origin for one.
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Associated Press
London
Robert P. Skinner
Vigilancia
Neils North
F. Brown
Joseph Fibera
Estphan Lopez
F. Adernhold
Altala
Ala
Alexander Rodriguez
Skinner
Glasgow
Brown
Memphis
Airship factory men strike in Buffalo
Two hundred workers at the Curtiss Aeroplane Company in Buffalo in the metal parts division walked out today. The strike affects orders for army and navy contracts and signals labor unrest in the factory.
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Associated Press
Buffalo, N. Y
Curtiss Aeroplane Company
Army
Navy
Arab Chief Revolts Against Turkish Rule Reported
London dispatch says another Arab chieftain in Arabia has risen against the Turks. Foreign Secretary Balfour told the House of Commons that the Turkish force near Aden has been cut off from its headquarters.
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London
Arabia
Balfour
House of Commons
Aden
Germany Starts New Recruiting Campaign in Poland
Amsterdam report via London says Germany opened 17 main recruiting offices 74 district offices and 400 local bureaus in Poland as part of an elaborate new campaign. A state council appeal to Poles to join the colors will be issued soon.
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Associated Press
Amsterdam
London
Germany
Poland
Koenigsberg
Frankfurter Zeitung
State Council
Riots Reported in Berlin Over Food Scarcity
London Reuters reports rumors of serious rioting in Berlin tied to food shortages. A Holland dispatch notes persistent rumors of large unrest and frontier regiments being sent to Berlin to keep order.
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Berlin
Associated Press
London
Reuters
Amsterdam
Oldenzaal
Holland
Robbery Not Cause of Killing in Jacksonville Case
Investigators in Jacksonville determine the killing of Edmund J. Murch, a Bangor, Maine financier, was motivated by robbery. George Thompson, a restaurant keeper, allegedly followed his wife, shot Murch five times, four inside the house and one as he fled, with one bullet fatal. Police trace blood near Thompson’s home but cannot tie the extra travel to the house. Murch was found on a porch chair after previously claiming injuries from a car accident.
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Associated Press
Jacksonville
Fla
Edmund J. Murch
Bangor
George Thompson
Thompson
Murch
Sampson County Postmasters Named in New Appointments
Washington D C March 21 Ernest Bullard named postmaster at Hayne Sampson County Sebastian Mayo named postmaster at Mesic Pamlico County and Miss Florence Silver postmaster at Kona Mitchell County Jesse Johnson rural carrier Route 3 Hendersonville William Williams Route 1 Horseshoe Marvin Capps Route 2 Jacksonville Addison Hosea Route 2 Pikeville NC named in the same announcement
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George H. Manning
Washington, D. C
Ernest Bullard
Hayne
Sampson County
Sebastian Mayo
Mesic
Pamlico County
Florence Silver
Kona
Mitchell County
Jesse Johnson
Hendersonville
William Williams
Horseshoe
Marvin Capps
Jacksonville
Addison Hosea
Pikeville
N. C
Plead Guilty to German Conspiracy
Albert O. Sander and Charles N. Wannenburg pleaded guilty in New York to joining the Central Powers War Film Exchange and sending spies to England for German military information. They face sentencing tomorrow.
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Associated Press
New York
Albert O. Sander
Charles N. Wannenburg
Central Powers War Film Exchange
England
Deposed Emperor to be Exiled to Tsarskoe-Selo
Lindom dispatch reports the Russian government orders the deposed Emperor and his consort deprived of liberty and to be brought to Tsarskoe-Selo, Reuters telegraphs from Petrograd.
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Associated Press
Lindom
Tsarskoe-Selo
Reuters
Three Killed in Pistol Fight in Vancouver
Vancouver, March 21. Three people die after a shotgun and revolver fight between police and a suspect sought for arrest. Chief Malcolm B. MacLennan and a 9 year old boy, George Rolph, are among the dead. Two officers are wounded. The suspect, Tait, is dead. his wife is jailed for murder.
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Associated Press
Vancouver
B. C
Malcolm B. MacLennan
George Rolph
Robert Tait
Tait
MacLennen
Ralph Boy
MacLennan
Hous
Prominent Lum berton Citizen James T Barker Dead
Lumberton North Carolina March 21 James T Barker a prominent citizen died at 10 30 am after a week long illness He would have been sixty seven in April Survived by wife three sons two daughters Johnnie Barker A J Linkhaw and J J Moore of Wilmington Funeral plans not announced
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Lumberton
N. C
James T. Barker
Barker
James Barker
Johnnie Barker
A. J. Linkhaw
J. J. Moore
Wilmington
Farmers Will Have Much Money from New Loans
Washington March 21 There is at present 21005000 loaned on farm lands in North Carolina at average rate of 7 7 per cent announced by the Treasury Department after an investigation This shows how much saving can be made to individuals and the State now that Federal farm loans can be obtained at 5 per cent the rate announced yesterday by the Federal farm loan board Under Federal farm loan act farmers may borrow money to refund existing indebtedness to buy land or machinery erect buildings or carry out other plans that will add to the value of lands
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George H. Manning
Washington, D. C
North Carolina
Treasury Department
Federal Farm Loan Board
Tokio Growing in British Attention as New English Review Planned
Tokio, March 21. Evidence of Tokio’s rising role in British interest appears as a new monthly review will launch in Japan by Englishmen to deepen Britain Japan ties. The English title will be The New East and will include a Japanese section.
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Tokio
Japan
Great Britain
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Extreme - Orient
France
The
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