Butter Reprieve Cheers French Peasants Amid German Evacuation
An AP staff report from northern France describes villagers celebrating butter and coffee distributions by American relief as Germans retreat. Residents recount losses of livestock, crops, and bonds, grateful for aid and the Americans who helped them endure occupation.
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France
Associated Press
London
American Relief Commission
The
Somme
America
Poincare
Abdication Forecast for German Emperor Amid Submarine War Strife
Paris dispatch reports a German magistrate questions Wilhelm II's grip on power as submarine warfare and internal opposition mount. The Kaiser allegedly fears three enemies at home, contemplates abdication to salvage Prussia and Germany, and risks losing popular support if peace talks fail.
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Associated Press
Paris
J 'Accuse
Oeuvre
Socialist Party
von Tirpitz
Wilson
America
Reichstag
Wilhelm
Germany
Hohenzollerns
Prussia
Hindenburg Line Threatened by French Flanking Move
French and British forces push along the Oise and Aisne fronts with gains near La Fere and St. Quentin. Germans flood La Fere to hold the city as the Allies press the center drive toward Soissons, Gobain and the Coucy forests. Reports note German resistance stiffening while Allied artillery concentrates on key objectives.
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Warten Yanee
Quentin
Lion
Ffi
Prenels
Sit. Quentin
Ices
Je Qise
Aolding LaPere
Nyne
Oisevin
Auileist
Ailey
Laon
Paris
Wiiseriies
St. Gobain
Las
Haig
OT Attys
Iice
Han Efiein
Fission War Ministry
Neat Pats
Evern
Russia
Flores
Penmme
St. Quentin
LaFere
Lelon
Maneel
Aisne
Lonbury
Irigh
Jussy
Tergnier
Tornado Ravages New Albany Killing and Injuring Dozens
New Albany Indiana March 24 revised official lists show thirty one dead and one hundred injured from yesterday storm. Ten of the injured are expected to die as search in ruined buildings proceeds under military supervision. About three hundred structures were damaged or destroyed with homes torn apart and trees uprooted by the wind.
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Associated Press
New Albany
Ind
Tate Troupe
Noted Americans Would Serve In War From Private Life
The article argues hundreds of famous men would volunteer for wartime duty, highlighting Theodore Roosevelt as a magnetic recruiting figure, General Goethals for engineering and organization, Thomas Edison heading an invention board, and Rear Admiral Peary guiding aviation defense and offense.
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Theodore Rossevelts
Gorethals
Peary
Thomas A. Edison
Germany
America
Roosevelt
Kitchener
England
Colonel Roosevelt
General Goethals
Panama Canal
Goethals
Europe
Naval Advisory Board
Robert E. Peary
North Pole
United States
Tornado Strikes Trousdale County Tennessee
A tornado swept Trousdale County near Nashville on March 24 wrecking homes barns and outbuildings and twisting large forest trees. Wires are down preventing full damage assessment. No deaths reported though Claude Reed’s home with his wife and newborn was blown down and burned. mother and baby escaped in night clothes.
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Nashville
Tenn
Trousdale County
Claude Reed
Car of Booze Ablaze in Old Virginia
Ashland Virginia March 24 a Washington train arrived at 7 am with an express car ablaze near the rear end the car filled with beer whiskey and other liquors bound for Richmond fire department quickly subdued the blaze and sidetracked the car
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Old Virginia
Associated Prss
Ashland
Washington
Richmond
A New Doctrine as to Neutrals Debated in Commons
London March 24 The House of Commons will debate a resolution by Carlyon Wilfray Bellairs urging a new Allied doctrine against Germany. It calls for a complete halt to neutral trade with Germany and her allies citing alleged murders and violations of international law on the high seas.
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Associated Press
London
Germany
Carlyon Wilfrey Bellairs
House of Commons
New Mexico Warship Set to Slip From Yard Next Month
Washington reports the forty-second American battleship to be launched, the New Mexico, a super dreadnought far larger and more powerful than the Indiana of 1898. It will mount fourteen 14 inch and twenty two 5 inch guns with forty five caliber barrels, reach fifteen miles, and mark the sixth battleship produced in New York Navy Yard alongside Connecticut Florida New York Arizona and California.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
New York Navy Yard
Indiana
New Mexico
Oregon
Santiago
United States
New York
Connecticut
Florida
Arizona
California
Persian town Kerind captured by Russian forces
Petrograd reports Russian troops have seized the Persian town of Kerind west of Kermanshah near the Mesopotamian border. The war office also says pursuit of Turkish forces toward the Mesopotamian frontier continues.
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Associated Press
Petrograd
London
Kerind
Kermanshah
War Office
One Survivor From Thirteen In American Steamer Heald ton Boat
London reports only one of thirteen sailors aboard the Heald ton was found alive. A Norwegian survivor clung to the overturned boat until rescued by the trawler Ocean. Cold and frostbite left him unable to move, and he drifted as the vessel recovered.
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Associated Press
London
Healdton
Ocean
Amsterdam
Reuter’s
Handelsblad
Emancipation of Jews by Russia Begun
Washington March 24. Ambassador Francis reported new Russian government steps toward Jewish emancipation with all educational restrictions on schools and colleges removed reflecting a policy shift.
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Associated Press
Washington
Ruusia
Francis
American Affairs in the Balkans
A Sofia telegram reports the American embassy in Constantinople has assumed charge of the legation in Sofia. The Bucharest legation previously handled Balkan affairs, with Charles J. Vopicka as the former American minister to Romania Serbia and Bulgaria. After Bucharest fell, he left and the United States relied on a charge d affaires.
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IV Associated Press
Berlin
London
Sofia
Constantinople
Bucharest
Charles J. Vopicka
Romania
Serbia
Bulgaria
America
Balkans
Jury Failed to Reach Verdict in Tanzer Case
Federal jurors in Rae Tanzer's perjury breach of promise suit against former Assistant District Attorney James W. Osborne deliberated 67 hours without a verdict and were discharged by Judge Van Fleet. One juror fell ill during the session, marking the longest federal jury deliberation in the district since 1916.
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Associated Press
New York
Rae Tanzer
James W. Osborne
van Fleet
New Haven Rail
Desertions Reported Among Bulgarian Regiments Near Monastir
Semi official Serbian dispatches say several Bulgarian regiments deserted around Monastir due to supply friction and tensions with Teuton allies. Large units have been rearranged, moving suspected loyalists to safer postings.
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Associated Press
London
Monastir
Waller Accepts Prison Life in Reeves Case
Henry Waller, a farmer in Minden Louisiana, accepted life imprisonment for killing John Nelson Reeves on Christmas Eve and withdrew his appeal. Prosecution dropped three additional murder charges linked to Reeves and his three children, a case that has already resulted in five convictions, including two hanging sentences for Chester Tyson and Mark Peters.
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Associated Press
Minden
Henry Waller
John Nelson Reeves
State Penitentiary
Waller
Anneal
Reeves
Chester Tyson
Mark Peters
Stevens Watts Wedding Practiced In Philadelphia
Philadelphia on March 24 Miss Frances Watts daughter of United States consul general in Belgium and Theodosius Stevens of Castle Point Hoboken were married at the Watts residence in a small family ceremony with intimate friends in attendance.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
Frances Watts
Ethelbert Watts
United States
Belgium
Theodosius Stevens
Castle Point
Hoboken
Watts
German raider Moewe returns with 600 sailors aboard
The Moewe raider brings back about 600 sailors from merchant ships, sparking talk of a new Yarrowdale case as Americans who served on armed merchantmen may be captured. German reports say such captives would be treated as POWs. London notes Count von Dohna-Scholldien named aide to Emperor William.
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Associated Press
Copenhagen
London
Moewe
Germany
Otaki
Brecknockshire
Amsterdam
Berlin
Count von Dohna-Scholdien
William
Italian Premier Bo selli Promotes Russian Unity Speech
In Rome the Chamber of Duties witnessed a fervent demonstration over the Russian revolution. Premier Borselli spoke with applause praising liberal reforms and the Russian army, wishing the Duma swift consolidation and sending a kiss of brotherhood that will soon become a kiss of victory.
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Rome
Paris
Chamber of Duties
Boselli
Italy
Emperor and Chancellor Denounced in Reichstag War Origin Claim
Socialist Deputy Kunert denounced the German Emperor and Chancellor von Bethmann-Hollweg in the Reichstag as originators of the war during a debate on public health estimates in Berlin. The report cites a Berlin dispatch received by Reuters via Amsterdam.
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London
von Bellnmann-Hollweg
Reichstag
Kunert
Berlin
Reuter’s
Amsterdam
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American Relief Committee
Hindenburg
LA Feve
DEA
BAE Tanzer
New York City
Jas. W. Osborne
Farmer
Louisiana
Stevens-Watts
Chamber of Deputies
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