Two U Boats Popped Up to Attack a British Schooner
Captain Arthur Shellgrove and seven crewmen of the British schooner James Burton Cook from Lunenburg Nova Scotia reached Boston aboard the steamship Cretic after the Cook was destroyed by German submarines. The attack occurred on March 10 seventy miles east of Gibraltar while the vessel lay motionless in a flat calm.
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Arthur Shellgrove
James Burton Cook
Lunenburg
N. S
Boston
Cretic
Italy
Cook
Gibraltar
Survivors recount British schooner Cook torpedoed near Malaga
Returning survivors say a March 6 gale drove the British schooner Cook back 36 hours. While becalmed, two U boats surfaced and German sailors boarded, demanded papers, and then bombs in the hold exploded after the crew abandoned ship. The crew rowed to a Spanish village near Malaga for safety, then reached Gibraltar and boarded the Cretic.
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Cook
Malaga
Spain
St. Johns
Cadiz
Newfoundland
Gibraltar
Harvard Lectures On South Americans At Open Course
A Harvard course on South American history will feature lectures from notable figures. Speakers include J Bravo La Barca of Valparaiso Chile Phanor J Eder a New York attorney on Colombia Francisco J Peret former Peru minister to the U United States and Leo S Rowe of the University of Pennsylvania Final lecture will be delivered by Romulo S Naon Argentine ambassador to the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvard
South America
J. Bravo Labarca
The
Commercial Institute of Valparaiso
Chili
Phanor J. Eder
New York
Colombia
Francisco J. Peret
Peru
United States
Leo S. Rowe
University of Pennsylvania
Romulo S. Naon
Harvard and Princeton men join Naval Reserve in Rhode Island
Newport March 28 One hundred apprentice seamen the largest class to arrive at the naval training station today from New York along with 32 students from Harvard and Princeton Universities beginning training in the naval reserve total weekly enrolment in this branch reaching 276 a large proportion of whom are college men
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvard
Princeton
Naval Reserve
Newport
R. I
Naval Training Station
New York
Saloon ban near Plattsburg camp passes assembly
The New York Assembly excise committee favorably reported the bill to clear saloons from the vicinity of the Plattsburg military training camp. It was amended to take effect May 1, 1917 to give proprietors time to relocate. The War Department endorsed the measure.
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Plattsburg
Albany
N. Y
Plattsburg Military Training Camp
Assembly Excise Committee
War Department
American Lyman M. Law Sunk by Teutonic Submarine
Captain Stephen W. McDonough of Winterport Maine and Mate William R. Lowe, survivors aboard the Cretic, recounted the destruction of the American four masted schooner Lyman M. Law by a German submarine. The ship, flag flown, carried non contraband cargo and offered no resistance. after protest, the submarine reportedly sank her by placing bombs and igniting the vessel with paraffin. The Law burned for 24 hours before sinking the next day near Cagliari.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyman M. Law
Stephen W. McDonough
Winterport
William R. Lowe
Cretic
Mediterranean
McDonough
Teutons
Law
Cagliari
U S Submarine Intercepts U S Schooner Off Mediterranean
The Lyman M. Law sailed from Stockton, Maine on December 2 for Palermo with lemon box shocks. On February 12, near the Mediterranean coast, a submarine displayed flags reading Heave to and fired a shot as the Law approached. A boarding party inspected papers and storeroom before releasing the vessel to proceed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyman M. Law
Stockton
Palermo
Mediterranean Sea
McDonough
Teuton
Leutenant
Heutenant
Castaways Reach Nearest Port After 25 Hours at Sea
The party reached the nearest port seven miles distant after a 25 hour voyage, with their gasoline supply nearly exhausted, marking a perilous journey and narrow survival.
Aliens Arrive in Large Numbers Ahead of Literacy Test
Large steerage arrivals from the Azores and Portugal as the May 1 literacy test to read in any language takes effect. The Cretic brought 968 steerage and 124 cabin passengers from Genoa Naples and Ponta Delgada with over 600 Portuguese, many illiterate. A infant named Barbara Bibby from Toronto visited Gibraltar and a Portuguese child died of croup near port.
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Cretic
Azores
Genoa
Naples
Ponta Delgada
Olive M. Bibby
Toronto
Gibraltar
Barbara
Port Manual
Portland Man Attempts Suicide Aboard Calvin Austin
A Portland man registered as Frank P. Burns from Preble street attempted suicide in a stateroom of the steam ship Calvin Austin last night. He was found unconscious with a deep neck wound by a steward, treated at the Relief Station, and later detained at City Hall avenue police station for observation.
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Frank P. Burns
Preble Street
Portland
Calvin Austin
City Hall Avenue
Illinois House kills all dry bills in Springfield
The Illinois House of Representatives on March 28 killed all pending dry legislation including the statewide prohibition referendum. Drys had centered on the campaign, but the referendum measure was defeated 8 to 67.
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Illinois
Springfield
Ill
Illinois House of Representatives
Miner Promoter Samuel Klaus Faces Double Indictment
Samuel Klaus general manager of the Rilla Mining Company and former promoter of Excelsior Consolidated Mining was arraigned in U S District Court on two secret indictments alleging mail fraud in stock sales. He lives in Rockport and was granted 10 days to plead, released on 3000 dollars bail. Indictments allege misrepresentation of mine values and activity in western mineral regions.
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Samuel Klaus
Rilla Mining Company
Congress Street
Excelsior Consolidated Mining
Slater Building
Worcester
Morton
United States District Court
Klaus
Rockport
Threatening letters sent to Navy recruiting officer in Chicago
March 28 a score of unsigned threatening letters addressed to Lieutenant L. M. Stevens in charge of United States navy recruiting in Chicago were turned over to Hinton G. Clabaugh, chief of the Justice Department bureau, for investigation. All letters bore Chicago postmarks.
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Chicago
L. M. Stevens
United States Navy
Hinton G. Clabaugh
Bureau
Department of Justice
What is gout and rheumatism
Dr M C Lucas explains gout and rheumatism as kidney function failure causing excess uric acid in blood and deposition in joints. He cites Garrod Levison and Strauss on poisons buildup and urges diuresis with water and Anuric tablets and occasional laxative pellets to remove wastes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Garrod
Levison
Dr. Strauss
Prof
H. Strauss
Strauss
Pierce
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Charles W. Stone
Watertown
Ferdinand
Washington ST
Dudley St
Sprin
Scone
Santa Fe
Stephen W. M'Donough
Lyman M
M. C. Lucas
Csi
Osaw
Edwards
Dr. Edwards
Apeurs
U.S
Lai
Shayner
Bond Eayher
Hayner Distilling CO
High Street
South Station
Mass
E. E.G Gray CO
Fiokes
Tremont
Price Bros. Irones Seerst Ser Pleasant
Swallow & Fales Co
City Square
Charkedews
John T. Powers Jr. & Co
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