Britons and Turks suffer big losses in drawn battles
British troops in Khuzistan clashed with Turkish forces and allied tribes near Ahwaz and Nakala during March 3 fighting. The Crewe report cites 12 000 enemy strength, 200 300 Turkish dead and 500 600 wounded, plus British and Indian casualties across two engagements.
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Beni Lama Tureef
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Ahwaz
Khuzistan
Ghadir
Nakala
Basra
Greece Greece and Turkey War Prospects Stir European Powers
Rome dispatches indicate Greece may declare war on Turkey to claim spoils as Turkey partition and Balkan balance loom. Italy possibly sides with Austria and the Teutons if neutrality ends, while Romania Bulgaria prepare to act. King Constantine faces a divided Greek cabinet amid tense Dardanelles fallout.
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Germany
Sherwood lauds horses while criticizing government breeding limits
General Isaac Sherwood of Ohio delivers a lengthy tribute to the horse The speech, printed in full in the Congressional Record, attacks government competition with private breeding and denounces legislation against racing. He condemns laws hurting harness racing Grand Circuit and county fairs, and laments a shift to prize fighting and other sports.
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Ohio
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Indiana Senator Shively Faces Blindness Threat
Commercial Tribune Bureau reports Senator Benjamin F. Shively of Indiana is threatened with blindness after an eye inflammation. His physician ordered darkness to save his sight, leaving Senator Gore of Oklahoma as the only blind U.S. senator.
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Oklahoma
Election Falls Trial Today in Terre Haute Leaders Named
The United States District Court in Indianapolis prepares to try twenty eight Terre Haute men on an indictment alleging they conspired to corrupt the November 3 1914 election. Defendants include Mayor Donn M Roberts Sheriff Dennis Shea Circuit Judge Eli H Redman and other local officials. Sixty veniremen are summoned for a jury with ten defense challenges and six for the government.
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Indianapolis
Ind
United States District Court
Terre Haute
Donn M. Roberts
Dennis Shea
Vigo County
Eli H. Redman
Circuit Court
Trained Cat Aids Clever Burglar Reported in Berlin
Philadelphia dispatch notes police in a German town search for a man in women's clothes carrying a trained cat said to assist thieves. The odd detail highlights a novel burglary aid and widens the manhunt.
Cat theft thwarted when maid unmasks man burglar
Police report a disguised man used a fortune telling ruse to lure a maid and release a cat in an attempted burglary at 361 West Johnson street. The maid halted the plan by seizing the cat and exposing the thief as a man rather than a woman.
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Fire on liner La Touraine brought under control
The French steamship La Touraine, bound for Havre, had a fire confined to a hold apartment but is under control with all passengers safe. The Rotterdam fleet ship stands by if needed while officials investigate a possible cause. Some papers speculated espionage on board.
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Compagnie Generale Transatlantique
Havre
Rotterdam
Caussin
Suffragists Hear Appeal for Peace in Hoosier Conference
Mrs. Rosika Schwimmer of Budapest addressed the Mississippi Valley suffrage conference in Indianapolis urging peace and suffrage for peace. She condemned war as costly to women and warned against continued peacetime preparations. Governor Ralston missed the welcome address. the conference continues Monday and Tuesday with delegates from 21 states and Indiana suffragists in attendance.
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Hungary
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Europe
Ralston
Rescue of Buried Miners Brings Wave of Grief and Hope
In Hinton West Virginia the Layland mine disaster raises the death toll to ninety six as eleven bodies are recovered. An estimated twenty more are buried in slate falls and debris while forty seven rescued men from yesterday remain in good condition and expected to survive. Families face both joy and sorrow as funerals begin for forty six deceased and coroner’s jury prepares after all bodies are recovered.
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Three Men Entombed In Indiana Mine Roof Collapse
Petersburgh Indiana March 7 Three men were entombed when a large section of roofing at the Ayreshire mine seven miles south of town caved in today. It is believed they were killed but rescue workers clear debris. One hundred men work in the mine regularly, but only three were present today.
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Four killed in Knowlsville collision near Albion
In Albion New York on March 7 four people from the Skinner and Harding families were killed when a car collided with an interurban baggage trolley near Knowlsville. Two others were injured including A E Skinner and Dorothy Skinner.
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Pope Benedict Credited With Prisoner Exchange Pact
The Osservatore Romano praises Pope Benedict for arranging the exchange of crippled prisoners between France and Germany via Switzerland. It says the Vatican negotiations made this arrangement possible due to the Pontiff's concern for war sufferers.
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Making new Zeppelins in Germany
Count Zeppelin arrived at Friedrichshafen to speed the completion of two new dirigible balloons. One is expected to be ready in a few days. A Zeppelin was recently destroyed and another badly damaged at Cologne during a wind storm that toppled the balloon sheds. Several soldiers were injured.
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Pan American financial conference set for May 10 in Washington
President Wilson selects May 10 for a Pan American financial conference in Washington where Finance Ministers and bankers from Central and South America will meet U S treasury officials to discuss stronger financial and commercial ties. Secretary McAdoo says foreign governments favorably responded and formal invitations will go out. Congress authorized the event with a $50,000 appropriation.
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Rockefeller Foundation Plans Medical Aid for China
The Rockefeller Foundation announced a comprehensive plan to improve medical and hospital conditions in China. It has established the China Medical Board of the Rockefeller Foundation to oversee work, beginning with the development of medical education in China.
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Rockefeller Foundation
China
China Medical Board
King of Sleuths Jaume Dies in Paris at 69
Pierre Fortune Jaume the famed detective died in Paris at age sixty nine. He earned international fame for solving high profile crimes including the murder of Bailiff Goffe and the Baroness De Lard, and the Pointe a Mousson killings where he uncovered the murderer in forty eight hours via a trouser button.
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Pointe A Mousson
Noted Grain Man H S Grimes Dies at 63
Harry S Grimes a prominent grain dealer from Portsmouth Ohio died at his home from heart disease aged 63. He served as director and former president of the National Grain Dealers Association and held leadership roles in Ohio grain groups and the Portsmouth Board of Trade.
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Thaw Starts Fight for Liberty Tomorrow at Trial
New York March 7 Harry Kendall Thaw killer of Stanford White will go on trial tomorrow in the Supreme Court on a conspiracy charge tied to his Matteawan escape. Thaw remains confined in the Tombs with counsel limits on interviews as his three previous murder trials loom.
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