davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-03
Turks in a Rout;
British Drawing
Nearer to Bagdad
Ottoman Forces Flee Fifty
two Miles in a Week; 4,300
Prisoners Taken

London. March 1.-The Turks, still
rotreating in disorder before the VIC
torious British troops on the Tigris'
have fallen back more than fifty miles
north of Kut-el-Amara and within forty
five miles Of Bagdad. The British have
brought their toll of prisoners since
February % up to 1900, and their
booty is increasing enormously.
The official report announcing these
further successes indicates that the
British cavalry are pressing close on
the heels of the flying Ottoman troops
and arc expected TO drive Utmost to the
gates of Bagdad before they are ell
fectivcly checked.
The statement from General Maude'
commanding the Mesopotamian opera
tons. says that the Turks passed
through Aziziyah Tuesday evening IN
great confusion. Aziziyah is ffty-two
miles northwest Of Kut and but forty
five miles from Bagdad. The report
reads:
Pursuit of the retreating enemy still
continues. and the Turks, in great con-
fusion, passed through Aziziyah on the
evening of Tuesday. The clearing Of
the battlefield is being Systematically
carried out, but as fresh booty Is being
brought in from hour TO hour It viii
be some days before complete list Of
cur captures can be compiled.
"Since February % the approximate
figures are: Prisoners. 1900, making n
total of over 1000 since the commence
ment of the operations last December;
guns. %; trench mortars, 10; machine
guns. II; II. NJ s. Firefy. recaptured;
Turkish ships, 3; tugs, 2; barges, 10,
and pontoons, 30"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-03
Heavy Fighting on Line
From Riga to Carpothions

London. March 2 At isolated points
along the entire front, from Riga TO
the wooded Carpsthians violent fight
ING continues, the clearing weather
having brought the troops from the
trenches and the aircraft from their
shelters.
The fercest fighting is taking place
along the Jacobeni-Kimpolung high
road. where the Russians and Teutons
have been asailing each other for three
DAYS. Following the recapture Of some
Of the positions north Of the village Of
PutnA lost TO the enemy several days
ago. the Cars troops to-day delivered
no less than five strong attacks for the
purpose Of winning back the remainder
Of these lines. Berlin records the re-
pulse Of al these thrusts.
North Of the River laval a spirited
German assault compelled the Ru-
manians 70 retire from height near
the village Of Rekozs, Petrograd ad-
mits. Raids and patrol encounters were
frequent along the remainder OF the
eastern fronts Little activity Is re-
ported from the Italian front.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-03
Cargo for British Burns
Fire on Steamer at Baltimore
Destroys Big Cotton Supply

Baltimore. March 2.-Several thou
sand tons Of cotton consigned to Liver
pool was destroyed tonight in d fire in
the hold of the British steamship Caro-
linian, of the Garland Line. The vessel
had about finished loading and would
have cleared tomorrow.
Included in the cargo was a large
supply Of merchandise consigned to the
Allies. The capacity of the vessel is
1000 tons. The origin of the fire has
not been determined.
Reserve fire apparatus and freboats
were called out to combat the flames.
The hold was filled with water. and the
vessel settled to the bottom of her slip.
Firemen cut holes in the side Of the
ship with acetylene torches to get at
the fire, which was directly beneath the
engine room.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-03
Americans Quit Germany
Doctors and Nurses Arrive at
Copenhagen

Copenhagen. March 2.-The Ameri-
can hospital unit from Naumburg. in
GLIDING Drs. Sauer, of FL Paso. and
Frick, Of New York, and Bertha Becht.
OF New York: Mary Connard, Of Chi.
cago, and Aida Meyer. of Boston.
nurses, has arrived from Berlin. The
Oppeln unit, under DR.. King, and the
Deutsch-Eylau unit, under DR.. Renken-
berger. will arrive tomorrow. All will
sail for America on the first safe OPP
portunity.
The arrivals from Naumburg report
that they received the most courteous
treatment from both the hamburg
and Berlin authorities. They were
urged to remain in Germany. The
Mayor and other officials OF hamburg
escorted them 70 the railroad station
and thanked them for their work in
the hospital and for the supplies they
left for their successors.
Berlin. March . by wireless to Say
Vile. THE American surgeons who
left Graudens at the beginning of Feb
ruary after the breaking off of rels-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-03

many has affected the physique arc
morale Of the latest recruits | cannot
saw. but some deterioration from this
cause is almost certain and Will be-
come more and more effective with the
passage Of time"
General Maurice is an authority on
military history and has been CHOSEN
as the biographer Of Robert +. Lee IN
a series published under the title Oh
Makers of the Nineteenth Century.
In his opinion there is little difference
between the strategy followed by the
commanders in the American Civil war
and the strategy which governs the
great struggle OF to-day.
Strategy as immutable as time he
said, "is dominating this war, as 1t has
dominated all other conflicts.
Only Tactics Changed
1.-THE men over IN the trenches, seeing
only a brief and intimate part OF the
actual operations, are inclined to as
sert that the major principles OF war
faro have changed, but this is true only
O. tactics. which. according to Napo.
leon. change every ten gears-a period
which. had he been alive to-day, ne
probably would have reduced 10 hye
years. This is due to the increase IN
Inventive power over the time when
Napoleon fought.
I'm the tactics of this war are seen
three tremendous innovations. which
can probably be placed in the following
order: First, airplanes; second, i'm
proved heavy artillery, with highly ex-
plosive shells; third. machine guns. In
strategy the immutable problems of
time and space still prevail. and were
Napoleon or Lee alive to-day the
genius which made them great would
find an outlet"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-03
German Radios Discovered
Boys Find Army Stations in
Lower California.

San Diego, Cal, March 2.-That there
are several wireless stations being ope-
rated by German army officers along
the Lower California coast, and that
several German officers in civilian
clothes are making their heaiquartere
at Tijuana, Mexico, few miles south
of this city, was asserted tonight by
Don Stewart, senior officer Of the Naval
Militia.
Stewart based his assertion on the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-03
Another Winter
Of War Seen by
General Maurice
Retirement of Germans at
Arras Forced by British
Operations, He Says
Foes in Fighting Trim
Expects Teutons to Make
Effort to Regain Lost
Prestige Soon

London. March 2.-Thc war may
easily extend over another winter, as
far as purely military factors are con-
cerned, according 70 statement by
General Frederick B. Maurice, director
Of military operations for the Imperial
General staff. in an interview given to
The Associated Press. General Maui
rice said:
81 see no indication of what has been
asserted, that tho Germans are with
drawing a. some places along our front
because Of desire to force open fight
ing. This movement is retirement
forced upon them. They do not like it
any more than we did when, after the
second battle of Ypres, we had TO re-
tire shorter distance 10 straighten
our line. You may be sure no army
likes to retire, and therefore IT Ia GER
tain that the Germans will make a de-
termined effort somewhere TO restore
their lost prestige.
1--WE are now merely gathering the
fruits of our winter operations, the
result of which il that from Arras TO
the Ancre, a salient. decidedly danger-
Gus to German positions, has been es-
tablished. Our raids on the SCmme
front gave us commanding positions
from which our artillery fire was much
more effective. The Germans, who
are no longer occupying snug and well
constructed dugouts, are more than
anxious to retire to safer line. They
also probably counted on making our
preparations for an offensive over this
ground abortive by giving up their
front line and compelling US to alter
our plans.
Sees Another Winter OF War
81 have no patience with the idea
that the Germans are at the end OF
their fighting resources. They are
still capable of and will put up a
strong fight. From a purely military
standpoint ! see no reason why the
war should not go through another
winter. but conditions outside the mill
tary zone may operate to end il sooner.
How far the shortage of food in Ger
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-03
Page Sees Lloyd George
u. S. Envoy and Balfour Hole
Conference with Premier

London, March 3 Walter Hines
Page, the American Ambassador, had a
long conference to-day with Arthur j.
Palfour. the British Secretary FOR For.
cigr Affairs. at the Foreign Office.
Afterward they both went together 70
see Premier Lloyd George at his Of
fetal residence, where they remained a
long time in conference.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-03
Pressure Drove Foe Back,
King George Tells Haig
Expresses Admiration for
Troops and Campaign Plan

London. March o.. King George has
sent the following congratulatory telc-
gram TO Field Marshal Sir Douglas
Haig. commander Of the British armies
in France:
81 wish % express my admiration Of
the splendid work Of an ranks under
your COMMAND in forcing the enemy by
steady and persistent pressure TO quit
carefully PREPARED and strongly forti-
fed positions. These successes arc q
fitting sequel 10 the fine achievements
Of ny army last year in the battle Of
the somme and reflect great credit upon
those responsible for tho drawing up %
the plan Of campaign
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-03
British Trap on the Ancre
Forced Germans Retreat
Continued from page !

II seemed "a il all the eastward
leading valleys of France were
swarming with British, Canadian
and Australian troops pushing on
ward to the front; it seemed an end
less and inexhaustible flood, while
behind. each little village had new
reservoirs of khaki-clad Tommies.
And day and night without end
the great guns continued to boom ;
for Fritz" there was never a rest
hour. never a safe road for his food,
never a comfortable point of rest
within the battle zone, while by
night British raiding parties
swarmed "over the top" and poured
into his trenches. Sir Douglas Haig
has the Grant view of the war: a
steady, unending pressure, pounding
by day and by night, eternal actiy-
ity. useful in training an army still
Young, valuable in adding to the
WEAKNESS of an army already show
ing signs of the strain.
Yet | do not think one can fail TO
feel that there is lacking in the
British army in France any undue
optimism. There is the universal
conviction, based upon local and gen
eral evidence, that the German is
weakening, but there is ready testl-
mony to the courage with which
many German outfits still fight and
to the lasting skill of German high
command in preparing trench line
after trench line. The British army
feels itself superior to the German,
i believes in ultimate victory, but it
does not talk in terms of dates or
on the basis Of maps. 1t IS IN
France to break German military
power; it expects to break it, and 1t
feels that it is succeeding, but the
end may be next month or next year,
probably the latter.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-03

statements of boys, giving the names
of Andrew Erickson and Ollie Nelson.
They arrived here yesterday from
Lower California and told how they
had been robbed by Yaqui Indians:
Having no funds, the boys started
overland. and at a point north of La
Paz discovered one of the stations and
another about thirty miles below San
Quentin. The boys said that they had
walked for more than two months.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-03
SHUTS a Privy Councillor

London, March 2 Lieutenant Cen
eral Jan Christian SHUTS. former com
,aander Of The British forces IN Ger
man last Africa and member Of the
south African Cabinet, has been made
a prlvv Councillor
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-03

was compelled to attack at Festubert
70 aid the French and take the press
ure off the Canadians in the lpres
salient. He had ammunition for
forty minutes Of bombardment, ana
that was all. Then the infantry had
to attack, and it cost eight thousand
casualties. We had neither machine
guns, trench mortars nor any OF the
instruments Germany had been ac-
cumulating for years. German air
craft we're supreme in our sector.
"But to-day we have more guns
and better guns than the Germans.
We fire four shells to the Germans
one. and in the battle of the Somme
not a German aircraft came over
for DAYS on end. Their artillery
shot i'm the dark; ours was informed
by our aviators. At the beginning
of the battle of the Somme we had
terrific losses because it was new
experience and a new army. a brl-
gade attacking at one point lost
800 killed, 1900 wounded and
brought back 300 men. The other
dav. i'm one Of the last attacks, an
ether brigade lost 1,40O men, and
in addition to burying 900 Germans
brought back I, 800 prisoners.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-03
Only Peril Is
Man at Home

From the British army in France
with which ] stayed week,
brought away the feeling of conf
dence and of intelligent optimism
i has the appearance Of an army
which has undertaken a contract, not
with a time limit clause, not with a
fixed hour or place of completion. II
has undertaken a contract 10 dispose
Of the German military problem
Of that part of the German army
assigned TO it 10 deal with. II
feels that it is doing the work, II
recognizes that the way is still
difficult and the time may yet be
long. 1t expects new German at
tacks and it envisages the possibility
Of local German successes, but it has
only one possible apprehension: il
looks not to the front and the Ger.
mans for its main peril, but 10 Eng
land and the man behind the lines
if he can hold, the end is assured and
the fate Of the "IIun" is sealed. And
this is the feeling Of the French
army quite as well. The soldier
sees victory, unless his civilian fel-
low citizen woakens-and Of this the
signs are few in England, as in
France.
| can perhaps sum up my impress.
sion OF the British army in France
by saying it recalls all that have
heard and read Of the armies Of the
North in 1864. IL is a volunteer
army in the main; its officers arc
men proven by the test Of two years
and a half cf war. It's men, volun
tccrs though they are, ore no longer
raw or green. lIaig, Horne, Rawlin.
son, Cough Al.enby, P.umer these
generals commaaliny armies have
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-03

tons between Germany and the Unit,
States have returned there ana ~
sumed their work in the hospital s.s,
the Overseas News Agency.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-03
Foe Shows Signs
OF Wearing Out

Might and day we pound the
Germans. Their artillery does not
reply much of the time. We RAID
their trenches, and they seldom re-
act. We take an ever increasing
rumber of prisoners. We see ever
Increasing signs of a wearing out.
Do not misunderstanding Germans
ere still very strong. The new units
arrive, each soldier carrying his eX-
ira pair of shoes. They are well fed
and we'll led; they will be TO the last.
Il there is desertion and surrender
in some units, others fight as well as
ever and there is no 'Kamerad'
business with them"
think this would sum up fairly
well the British view at the front.
II is impossible to exaggerate the
sense of moral superiority existing
among men who have held their pres
ent lines against every sort of ma
terial advantage, held the lines in
many cases to the point Of the an
utilization of the defenders, but now
know that they have a superiority in
shells and in machinery. Nothing
in the whole war is more CHASTITY
than the story of the shell scandal in
the British army, and untold thou
sands have died because their high
command, because the late Lord
Kitchener. misunderstood the task
and insisted that men should hold
and attack supported by shrapnel,
instead of high explosives.
But the evil days and the terrible
days are passed. If the Somme battle
began with terrific losses, and the
first day cost not less than 10000
casualties; if the losses were the
result in part of ignorance, the
army. the man and the general feel
that the lesson has been learned, and
the later attacks have cost the Ger
mans more than the British and dis
closed the progress made by the Brit
ish general and the British soldier,
above all by the British gunner.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-03
Cambridge Has $4,000 Fire

Cambridge. Mass.. March z. A FIVE
sfory concrete building. under construc-
don In East Cambridge for Morcy h
20. DEALER IN piper stock. vas dam
sgsd "a the e1tent ~ 10000 By FIRE
tn.dsy. One hundred and hfty work
,,sn we're .,pyloyed or the structure.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-03

Rcrne, March "A Vienna dispatch
sa,g that Austria has agreed % lend
Turkey t43,OOO,O0O for an unnamed
period. The money Is 70 be used Tor
nurchases In Austria Hungary.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-03
Haig Praises
General Nivelle

| wish that ] could more exactly
express this feeling that grows out
of the early experiences. ! wish !
could reproduce the impression made
upon me by the stories of the men,
who with no resource but their own
courage and will held the lines OF
Ypres and La Bassee in other days
against all the artillery of Krupp
and all the arsenal of a prepared
Germany. 1t is because they did mold
then that what seems slow progress
and even comparative defeat to the
outsider is the gage of victory for
the man in the trenches and back Of
the trenches in France.
One other thing, I should say per-
haps the most striking thing to the
American visitor to the British
ermy, is Nhe praise that one hears
for the French, for the army and
for the men, for the achievements at
Verdun. Sir Douglas Haig's enthu-
siasm in speaking to me of the fight
ing spirit of General Nivelle, the
, new French commander in chief,
was echoed by all British officers in
speaking of the French soldiers and
officers with whom they had fought
shoulder to shoulder in the Somme
battle. The sacrifice, the devotion,
the skill Of the French soldier re-
main the topic Of conversation in
the British lines, even among those
who are most inarticulate upon Brit
! i5h achievements and prospects.
As to the theory of attrition, Of
the exhaustion of German numbers,
Sir William Robertson, the British
chief of staff, told me frankly that
by using prisoners and Belgians
Germany had been able to release
and call to the colors sufficient Ger
mans to meet her immediate prob
lem. AS to German munitions, he
made an expressive gesture to en-
phasize that the Germans, while fir
ing less than the British, were heap
ing it up.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-03
Troops in Fine
Physical Shape

OF the physical condition Of the
British army il is impossible to
speak too highly was in France
In the zero weather Of last month
Every morning rode out along the
ronds and camps. and never have !
seen ~ many soldiers, or soldiers
lookipg 10 young and strong and IL.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-03
Do Not Look for
Victory This Year


do not believe the British army
in France expects to win the war
this year. do not believe that the
generals are thinking in terms OF a
dav. a month, or a year. What seems
Z, be the feeling is that after two
wears and half of war there has
been fashioned British army which
Is still gaining in knowledge and
strength. but already has a proven
superiority over its foe in morale,
in material and in the things that
may be measured by the slow but
sure retrogression Of the Germans
before them. For nearly two years
The British army hung on, now it IS
advancing; it escaped annlhilauon'
il is experiencing success.
One Of the questions asked all
the generals with whom | talked
was as TO the possibility Of a Ger
man offensive at some point on the
British front. All agreed that 1t
was possible; some expected 1t. A
push at the Ypres salient, the worst
position on the whole front, was fire.
ouently suggested General Male
tcrre in Paris quite strongly argued
that the Germans would make this
attack. ] think that there is a CON
siderable expectation in London that
IT. will come, and find this view
repeated in later dispatches COM
renting upon the German retire
mont about Bapaumc.
But such an offensive carries no
real peril TO the mind Of the British
army in France, which is chiefly in
torested TO know if the Germans will
bring out some new device, some new
weapon like poison gas" and en-
deavor by using it TO open a gap in
tho British front sych as was opened
at Ypres just two years ago next
month and offered the Germans one
OF the golden chances Of the whole
war.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-03
METROPOLITAN 22GtEh

To-day Mat. At ? Aida. Nfuho. Mat'cnauer
rsrtis1 Ipe Iaca Dldur. li0ssi 'ond. Papl.
To.niqht Z a. t1Sc 90 So siecired. hurt. OHer
riu-. Rei,s Whiteiil Gori,s C9nd. hisier
sun I've Puoclni-Nerdi Concert. Muho. Garrison.
p.",faIi. Eotfa Amato. Roihier Tesani. Coud Rap.
Merit Mon. 7.li Tristan u. Isolde. Gsdsh Matte
r,uer. Z RUS Nhit-hlil Braun BadanAhF.
We'd AT = Thals. iauar. Garrison. dafd. BONA
Anisfr R0thicr Cund Pclacy
Thur,. an 8 First Tine Canterbury Plsrims
ob~r Mason sonbach. Althouse Reiss. Leunhardi
Hl,.l Ruysdsei tord.. Boisnsky
sri Mat a. ? ftl Ia s. Carmel. Farar. Ca.
Wartineu W1htehi Rlthler. ooud P0lacco
Fd. at 10. Eiislr dAmote. Barrentos. Sparkes
tarti.s he fMca. Dihr lond Pap
Sal, Al 3 Trunooscs da Rlmlni. Aida. Mason
WnrtinellL Amato RAda COnd.. Polacco
Sat al SIS Use 70 So Lucia. Barricntos
CaTpi DO Inca Rosd Cdnd., Payi
ttARDMAN PIANO USED
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-03

See the smile on Pete in
the Picture!
His handsome Spring
overcoat S a cote h
Mist.
What's a little weather to
him!
Rain or shine *"Scotch
Mists are hne-our own
idea of rainproofng a
cheviot.
Medium weights, regular
and raglan shoulder.
'RoRisterod Trademark
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-03

Going to Washington for
the Inauguration?
Getaways, silk hats and the
correct shade of grey mocha
gloves all ready to go with
you.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-04-05
FURNISHED ROOMS
MALE Help WANTED

WILL rrRNisHED hpUsEKEEptNG
rooms eIth kltchsnette walking
Uaat 1910
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-04-05
SPIRITUAL MEDIUMS
MADAM RUTH

IUNrrtAN pitHENptonfHF
Who haa the power Geo toll sou anything
You want e. hnou. can advise business
mon nnd wofhlnE men what limo o.
business of wofh viii 100 must iikeiF
FOR them. and whHt part - tho world
viii ta mafa successful far then. The
madam will toll yuu how 90 find s
F1ud position aud hoW 90 hold 81 Hha
does not tell 90 please sou. but giy"s
only true advice on business ana family
nffairs courtahtp ant marriage talia
tho nnnis - fuuf future husband ur
wife how &C. Wtn the uuo sou love She
advises hos Co bring tho separated Co.
frfhet sHd makes happiness in fouf
home tslt iu regard 90 your absent
ffirnds HHe tsiia Ynu what business Yuu
are adapted fuf 81 hon So nptrulat =
and where e. locate and how 60 avoid
HIi Trouble Hnu tells sea ths secrets
~ bsiuH happy nnd tufraasful in any
ihinr fou take iu hand ~ you are
worried or discouraged consult Madam
Nuth af once. hrr advice Viii rFfnnt 81
ala obstacles Tier readings are strictly
Confidential hatisfattion guaranteed
co. no charges Thia l. thr madam =
fret time 90 Seattle You hats seen
ths others now see tho best N iu tr0us
bio Special readings Soc Hours. 10
m geo DO m Hotel Green. room
10 Fourth auH IIbr