The state herald., 1917-03-16
PLOTS OF TEUTON
SPIES REVEALED
MILLIONS REPORTED SPENT IN
EFFORTS TO coERcE MEX.
Ico INTO WAR ON US.
BRITISH TAKE BAGDAD
u-BoATs AND MINES GET 90 SHIPS
AND 2,52s REACH BRITISH
PORTS IN A WEEK.

London, March 13.-Bagdad, the
chief Turkish city in Mesopotamia,
and formerly the capital of the en-
pire Of the Caliphs, has been captured
! by the British forces. Announcement
OF the capitulation was made by the
British official press bureau on re-
ceipt of telegram from Gen. Maude
saying the British forces had occupied
Bagdad early Sunday morning.
Likewise in Persia the Turks are
receiving hard usage at the hands of
the Russians. according to Petrograd.
In northwest Persia the Russians
have captured the town OF Sahna.
In an advance on a front of more
than three miles in the Ancre region
in France. British troops attacked and
captured village OF Irles, northeast Of
Grandecourt, and the neighboring de.
lenses.
While Berlin records q revival of
fighting activity in the Champagne.
the latest statement from Paris says
there has been no infantry fighting in
that region.
The Norwegian steamer Storstad, a
Belgian relief ship of 6,02S tons with
one American on board, has been sunk
by submarine.
Washington.-More than 10000. 900
are recorded as killed, wounded. cap
tured or missing in the European war
in the first complete tabulation of Of
ficial and authenticated semi.official
reports of belligerents received here.
Among the military proper. 4,441, 200
are reported dead; 2.59s.5OO wounded,
and 2,564,500 captured and missing
Among civilians. especially on tho
Russian and Balkan front and in Ar.
menia. another 100000 are figured As
either dead or wounded.
London, March 10.-Since the re-
capture of Kut-El.Amara Feb. 26 the
British have advanced nearly 100
miles
Three violent attacks were launched
by the Germans in the Maisons de
Champagne sector. The German Of
forts failed. Paris says. and the at.
tackers left many dead on the ground.
The French attack Thursday. 1t IL
announced. included the blowing up Of
German works on q front of l.50O mo
ters to a depth Of 600 to 800 meters.
German trenches Of Height 1856 and
at Maisons de Champagne, Berlin re-
ports, were entered by the French In
their attacks but the positions later
were regained except for farm near
Height 1S5.
New York. March 8.-Germany
threatened Gen. Carranza with the
most formidable revolution he had
ever known" II he refused to make
war on the United States In accord
ance with Foreign Secretary thinner.
mann's proposals for German. Mexi-
can,Japanese alliance. That fact, to-
gether with other startling develop
mcnts. were disclosed by federal au.
thorities In the investigation that fol.
lowed the arrest Of DR.. Ernest Mat.
this Sckunner. q German. and DIR.
Chandra Chabiaberty. n Bengalee. for
formulating an East Indian plot"
Information obtained by federal au.
thorities from papers seized in the
office Of Wolf Won Igel nj the time Of
the Welland Canal plot exposures, to-
gether with other bits Of evidence, en-.
sbled federal authorities here. they
said. TO announce these disclosures:
That Robert Fay. lieutenant in the
German army. who escaped from the
federal prison In Atlanta while serv.
Ing u term for plotting to destroy al.
lied munition ships, went to Mexico
where he Is now hiding.
That 100000 has been spent by
the German government in fomenting
spy plots In the United States within
the last few months.
That thousands" OF German spies
are now engaged In different parts OF
tho country In formulating and fur.
thcring conspiracics.
That the spy system is headed by
nm ngent OF the kaiscr's government
referred to as the master spy" who
still is Mt large.
London.-An official statement Of
the 7th says that twcnty.thrco mcr.
chant vessels were sunk by minc or
submarine In the week ended March
4. or these. fourteen were OF 1000
tons gross or over. md nine were un.
der 1900 tons. In tho same period
three British fishing vessels were
sunk.