German Claims on Foodstuffs and Neutral Vessels
Officials note that American citizens aboard a German cruiser faced hardship and danger. Germany asserts the wheat cargo aboard Frye was contraband as it was destined for England. U.S. stance: destruction of neutral ships with contraband isn’t justified. prize courts should decide, and naval codes limit destruction to clearly contraband cargo or imminent recapture.
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United States
Germany
England
Nussia
Prize laws and calls to treat crew as pirates
Long Beach March 11 Samuel W Sewall Bath Maine owner of schooner William P Frye sunk by German warship Fried rich appealed to the United States to pursue the vessel as a sea rover. He urged vigorous Berlin representations after Wheat laden Frye cargo marked non contraband by the federal insurance bureau. Frye valued at 175000 with wheat cargo of 340000.
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Bhut
War College
Long Beach
Cal
Samuel & W. Sewall
Bath
Maine
William P. Frye
Pring Hiel Friedrich
United States
Germany
Che Frye
Federal Insurance Bureau
Kaiser Raiders and Maritime Collision Tale
Fragmentary reminiscence recalls a sea collision involving Kaiser’s raider with German, French, and Russian prisoners aboard. The Friedrich evaded the crash by yards, and a British vessel Mary Ada Short survived after a prior sinking. Fire on a French wine ship sparked by Champagne flames is noted.
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A. BE. Dobbing
Mary Ada Short
Macoy
Friedrich
Hamilten
Controversy over Frye papers aboard German cruiser Friedrich
On the Friedrich the crew maintain wartime discipline while officers claim the ship is off limits to visitors. A German captain debates surrender of the Frye papers with Collector Hamilton as questions of originals versus copies remain unsettled. Captain Kiehne will travel to Washington with family to face officials Saturday morning.
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Friedrich
Tere
Ing Havarian
Munich
Wrye
Frye
Hamilton
Thierichens
Prye
Tajerichens
H. Ff. Kiehne
Washington
Batmore
War Babies of Paris Strong and Handsome
Paris, February 25. Infant mortality in Paris fell by 21 percent in the first six months of the war compared with the prior year, with maternal mortality dropping similarly. Professor Pinard credits measures by the Maternal and Infantile Aid society to provide proper aid and bolster morale as husbands went to the army.
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Paris
Associated Prez
A. Dinard
Pinard
Troops to add fleet at the Dardanelles amid reports
London says British Admiralty silent on Dardanelles operations while French reports claim armored ships breached the Narrows. Land forces on both sides indicate readiness and a French transport fleet seen off Malta. Paris reports a vigorous bombardment of Turkish fortifications continued. fog hid results from aviators. In Constantinople panic grows as allied guns quiet business activity. Wealthy families flee abroad while officers, including Germans, gather in the capital. A large army is rumored to be arriving from Gallipoli.
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London
Dardanelles
Malta
Paris
Tenecas
Matin
Constantinople
Géneva
Pari
Brindler
Son of Abdul Hamid Strangled by Enemies
Balkan dispatch from Sofia reports Mehmmed Burhan-eddin Effend, favorite son of Abdul Hamid, found strangled in a Sofia bedchamber. Officials confirm death by political enemies. Burhan-eddin, 29, was Abdul Hamid’s fourth son and once a potential successor amid palace intrigues.
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Abdul Hamid
Balkan Agency
Sofia
Bulgaria
Sdvices
Constantinople
Mehmmed Burhan-fddin Effend
Burhan-Eddin
Abdul Gamid
Hurhan-Edim
Alleged Murderer Arrested in Memphis
Memphis Tenn March 11 after confessing to a companion he was an escaped convict he had met at religious meetings at a rescue mission Poyter Jones was arrested by detectives and held for Georgia authorities He allegedly killed Jack Adama at Devatur Georgia and claims to have escaped from prison camps three times The state prison commission will investigate to see if he is the man sought and return him to Georgia
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Memphis
Tenn
Georgia
Rigga
Poyter Jones
Jones
Jack Adama
Devatur
Dekalb County
Madame Curie Aids French Front Hospitals with Radiography
Faris March 1 Mme Curie, famed discoverer of radium, works in hospitals near the front using complete radiographic equipment. She is described as intensely interested in her work and is busily employed by military surgeons.
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Faris
Mme, Curie
Professor Curie
Ling
Kruttschnitt accuses Wickersham of coercion in rail merger
Julius Kruttschnitt, chairman of the Southern Pacific executive board, testifies in the government suit to dissolve the Central Pacific and Southern Pacific, alleging former Attorney General G W Wickersham coerced a 104 million sale to Union Pacific. He says Wickersham threatened forced side of the line, while regulators blocked the deal.
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San Francisco
Julius Kruttschnitt
Execu ‘Tive
Southern Pacific Company
George W. Wickersham
United States Attorney General
Southern Pacific
Central Pacific
Union Pacific Railroad
Kratt- Schnitts
Central Pacific Railways
Inrutisebuitt
Union Pacific
Centra
United States
California State Railroad Commission
Per
Ant
Wickersham
Southern
Krattschnitt
Krytcsennitt
Interstate Commerce Commission
GERMANY AND ALLIED WAR REPORTS FROM FRANCE AND BELGIUM
Reports from Berlin Paris and London describe British advances near Neuve Chapelle and Givinchy with continued fighting in Ypres Neuve Chapelle and the Champagne sector. Paris notes French operations aimed to pin German forces in Champagne while aiding Russia. Prisoners and weapons captured are cited with Russian reverses and German counterattacks.
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Berlin
iVia
Seyville
German War Office
Menin
West Flanders
Neuve Chappelle
Givinchy
Champagne
Augustawy
Ostrolenka
Praasnyss
Noromlasty
Husman
Omers
Paris
London
Westende
Belgium
Ypres
Zaagdworde
Neuse Chapelle
Perthes
Argonne
Four de Paris
Rotante
Reich Ackeritupf
Russia
Son of Trilby author killed by Germans
London dispatch reports Lieutenant Colonel Guy L. B. Du Maurier, son of Georges Du Maurier the artist and writer, killed at the front. Born 1865, he authored the controversial play An Englishman's Home. His father penned Trilby. In New York, exports from port hit a record $10,000,000, the largest daily total in customs history.
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London
Guy LB. du Maurier
Georges du Maurier
Guy’ du Maurier
George du Maurier
Trilby
New York
Custom House
Fragmentary Historic Text About Malaria and Proportion
Fragmented OCR passage references quinine malaria treatments and general proportions. Mentions Drex assets and fictional names, with unclear context and no cohesive events. Despite garbled wording, highlights medical context and potential treatment comparisons within a historical framework.
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