Sinking of Aquila and Attacks Off Pembrokeshire Coast
Reported attacks by German U boat U-28 near Pembrokeshire claim victims aboard the Falaba and the Agufla with the Aguila also struck. Survivors recount the submarine firing on lifeboats after sinking, while Ottilie’s captain rescued nineteen crew from three boats. a fourth boat missing is feared lost.
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Pembrokeshire
Ottilie
Smalls
Wish
Reecte
Bannerman
London
Agguila Shipwreck Survivors Describe Horrific Lloyds Attack
Surviving crew and passengers recount the torpedo and gunfire nightmare as the Aguila sinks after a U boat attack off Flamborough. Eight on board die of exposure, with many missing and rescue efforts hampered by icy seas. Dutch steamer Amstel sunk by a mine off Flamborough Head confirms the perilous cruise.
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Amstel
Flamborough
Admiralty
Amatel
PB. A. van Es & Co
Rotterdam
Goole
England
Yorkshire
Fingland
Humber
Pinewold
Cardiff
Wales
Fujiba
Germany
Snyx Germany
Faiaba
Davis
Gmail
Aguila
Armies of Russia Flood Hungary in World War I report
Vienna dispatch reports continued fighting on the Carpathians with Russian attacks repulsed west of Henyavoelty and on the Dniestr river area. German and Austrian forces claim local gains, with heavy artillery duels across Galicia and Polish sectors and night attacks failing in several positions.
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Vienna
London
War Office
Carpathians
Henyavoelty
Fourth Cavalry
Sandsturm
Ussok Pass
Dmiceter
Baleszesyki
Russian Poland
West
Galicia
Lesczina
Poland
No More Cruising for German Raider Prinz Eitel Friedrich
Washington reports aimed at neutral compliance as the German cruiser Prinz Eitel Friedrich remains at Newport News. Officials anticipate action within hours as ships like the Alabama move toward Hampton Roads to enforce neutrality. Rumors swirl of towing to New York for internment and reactions from Britain and France over port practices.
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Washington
Prinz Eitel Friedrich
Virginia Capes
Eitel
Thierichens
Virginia
Cecil Spring-Rice
Navy Department
Fiske
Great Britain
State Department
Newport News
Department
Alabama
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Hampton Roads
American
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Pring Briel
Capes
Suffolk
Herwick
Coronna
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Hague
Church Property Ruling Splits Jurisdiction In Rock River Case
An appellate court in Chicago on March 29 ruled that a Methodist church property is under the church itself not under conference jurisdiction. The Rock River Conference challenged Trinity Methodist Episcopal church claiming connectional authority. The ruling upholds the distinction between church and building, affecting many churches nationwide.
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Chicago
Tony
Rock River
Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church
United States
Ocean Floor Swept for Submarine F-4
Honolulu March 29 naval searchers resume sweeping the ocean floor with cables for the submarine F-4. No success yet. Officials cite fuel oil, rising bubbles, and a brass piece from the vessel as clues while ruling out rescue for the 21 crew. Recovery efforts focus on bodies and salvage. W-4 remains located at Honolulu harbor mouth within fifty yards. depth 43 to 50 fathoms. Crew presumed dead. raising the boat unlikely.
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T. H
Naval
la Line
Washington
Department
Ner
Berrien Grand Jury Warns Officers Against Shortages
Warerosa Ga March 29 Special The March term grand jury of Berrien county warns against shortages and urges officers to keep better records. It notes alleged shortages resolved in all but two cases and cites an audit cost of 190 dollars, with an estimated county savings around 3000.
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Warerosa
Berrien County
Berrien Superior Court
Atlanta Man Seeks Divorce Claiming He Was Drunk
James W. Staten of Atlanta files suit in Bibb superior court for divorce from Maude Woods Staten on grounds that at the time of the ceremony he was drunk and not aware. He states the marriage occurred in June 1911 after meeting in an Atlanta hotel and that he cannot recall securing a license. Staten alleges his wife rejected him and keeps their ten year old daughter. She resides on Oglethorpe Street.
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Macon
James W. Staten
Atlanta
Bible Superior Court
Staten
Maude Woods
Atianta
Oglethorpe Street
Bibb County to Elect Representative Today
Bibb county voters in Macon Georgia will select a legislator to fill the vacancy from Wallace Miller resigning to become first assistant United States district attorney. Candidates are W D McNeil former state senator and young lawyer and H J Barfield a Macon merchant.
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Macon
Bibb County
Wallace Miller
United States
W. D. McNeil
H. J. Barfield
Russia knocking at the Bosphorus in wartime dispatches
London reports Russia pressing Turkish forts at the Bosphorus while bombardment at the Dardanelles lags due to weather. Constantinople claims favorable conditions, with Turkish aircraft seen over allied ships. Reports from neutral ports hint at long range shelling of inner defenses.
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Russia
Constantinople
Bosphorus
Dardenelles
Dardanelles
Petrograd
General Staff
Black Sea
Black ‘Sea
Sea of
Marmora
Constant Haaple
Dlarmora
Thartratt Ie
D Nying
Tally News
Tenedos
Aedanelles
Chanak
Kilid Bahr
Gallinoli Peninsula
Straits
Paris
Suffren
Gaulote
Toulon
Athens
Rome decrees rigid censorship on military news March to July
Rome imposes strict wartime censorship from March 1 to July 20 forbidding publication of army navy and general staff movements unit formations and assignments. Scientific military discussion and criticism of services are banned as Italy aligns with Allies. Separately Vienna reports Austro Hungary debates possible separate peace with Italy.
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Paris
Council of Ministers
Austria
Geneva
Stephan Tisza
Hungary
Las
Budapest
Vienna
Reoumne
County Tisza
Francis Joseph
Italy
Unt
Audresesy
Chancelior
von Bethmann-Hotlwex
Germany
Austra
Bucharest
Rumania
Hookworm Campaign in Walker County Grows
In Lyerly Georgia Walker county fights hookworm with a Dr OG F Henry led campaign. Schools were visited for examinations as Henry plans a month in the county to continue the drive. Savannah Georgia. March 26 (Special) W W Lambdin sworn in as judge of the US district court for the southern district of Georgia before Judge Charlton in Savannah. The ceremony was brief with officials and bar members present. Auction sale announced at central property Edgewood Ave opposite Hurt Bldg.
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Lyerly
Walker County
OG. F. Henry
der. Henry
Walker
Savannah
W. W. Lambdin
United States District Court
Southern District of Georgia
Walter G. Chaclon
Superior Court
Savannatt
Jurge Lambdin
Aycross
Lambdin
Meritt W. Dixon
Mr. Lambdin
Peter W. Meldrim
American's Bar Association
Samuel BR. Adame
Supreme Court
Georgia
Charlton
Davis Freeman
Edgewood Ave
Hurt
Lyerly Trustees Seek $12,000 School Bonds
Lyerly Georgia trustees of the Menio school district petitioned for an April 24 election to decide on issuing bonds totaling $12,000 to build and maintain a schoolhouse. If approved the bonds would run thirty years at five percent interest.
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Lyerly
Menio
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