Newport Passes Green Line Street Car Franchise Plan
Newport City Commission prepares a twenty year indoarr street car franchise with 3 cent inner city fare and 5 cent Cincinnati fare. The city reserves control of schedules lines cars and passenger limits with a $20 000 bond per line and annual minimum of 1500 dollars per mile. Free transit for police and firemen and strict penalties for official passes.
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Newport City Commission
City of
Newport
Cincinnati
Serbian Nation Aid Push By Mme Grouitch In Cincinnati
Mme Slavko Grouitch wife of Serbia's Foreign Affairs official travels to Cincinnati to rally public support for distressed Serbs. A prior letter asks Bishop Anderson to designate a Serbia Sunday for church offerings to help unemployed and wounded citizens amid ongoing Balkan conflicts.
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Washington
Mme. Slavke. Grouitch
Serbia
Cincinnati
Mabel Dunlop
Charles
Anderson
Vigorous Protest Is Ready
Special Dispatch to The Commercial Tribune from Washington reports the U S Government questioning British and French actions under the Order in Council and accompanying notes. It outlines legal uncertainties about whether the measures are a blockade or apply ordinary contraband rules. The protest will argue that neutral coasts cannot be blockaded and that noncontraband cargoes may not be detained without proof of military destination.
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Germany
United States
Zeppelin Uses Airship Blockade Tactic Against Dutch Vessel
On February 15 the German airship E-5 intercepted the Dutch steamship Helena near Texel. The Zeppelin hovered over the ship and exchanged signals with its crew via megaphone. After inspecting Helena's cargo and destination the airship departed, observed by Helena’s crew from gondolas and the central cabin.
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Commercial Tribune
New York Herald
London Sphere
Haaks
Texel
Submarine sinks another steamer in European war zone
The French War Office reports a Zeppelin bombing killed seven at Calais railway station and a British steamer Glenartney, 3309 tons, was torpedoed off Beachy Head. Crew of forty rescued at Newhaven after one drowned. The voyage was Bangkok to London with 8000 tons rice.
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Commercial Tribune
Amsterdam
Holland
French War Office
Calais
Glenartney
Glasgow
Beachy Head
Newhaven
Bangkok
Siam
London
Yser
Angle manslaughter trial nears verdict in Bridgeport
Mrs Helen M Angle on eleven day trial for manslaughter in the death of Waldo R Ballou in Stamford on June 23. State's Attorney Cummings and Judge Williams prepared closing addresses as jurors soon receive the charge. Defense denounces police investigation methods as adjournment ends.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Helen M. Angle
Cummings
W. H. Williams
Indiana Judge Warns on Bribery of Witnesses in Terre Haute Case
Special Dispatch to The Commercial Tribune from Indianapolis reports Judge Anderson warning after two bribery attempts connected to the Terre Haute election fraud case. Testimony showed Mayor Donn M. Roberts and Alexander Aczel trying to influence witnesses, with prosecutors urged to pursue Steele on new charges.
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the Commercial Tribune
Indianapolis
Donn M. Roberts
Alexander Aczel
Steel
Terre Haute
Anderson
Burton Begins Long South American Trip From Washington
Senator Burton leaves Washington for New York to attend a Pan American Society luncheon with Elihu Root and Joseph H. Choate before sailing on the United Fruit steamer Meta Pan toward Colon on March 26. He plans visits to La Paz Santiago Buenos Aires Montevideo Rio de Janeiro and more, returning about June 15. Robert F. Wilson accompanies him to report on his movements.
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Washington
Senator Burton
New York
South America
Pan- American Society of the
United States
White Hall Club
Elihu Root
Joseph H. Choate
United Fruit Company
Metapan
Colon
Australia
New Zealand
Orient
Robert F. Wilson
Ohio
Steel trade mood shown in 1914 annual report
New York March 18 The annual report of United States Steel Corporation for 1914 shows a weak year with earnings of 81,746,518 down 65,421,000 from 1913 and net income of 46,520,408 down 58,800,284, reflecting a low mood in the steel industry.
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the Commercial Tribune
New York
United States Steel Corporation
German vessel flies neutral flag to enter port
Advices from London report a German steamer named Annie Elise entered a Norwegian port while flying the Norwegian flag. The incident was observed by the Foreign Office as a possible flag of convenience.
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London
Foreign Office
Annie Elise
Nor
Wegian
Algerian Dancer Princess Turkan Shot by Brother at Exposition
In San Francisco on March 19 the Algerian dancer known as Princess Turkan, part of a Russian ballet at the Panama Pacific Exposition, was shot dead by her brother Isaac Lizraki. He fired on performers and audience before being overpowered and jailed.
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Brother Panig
Isaac Lizraki
Lizraki
Caminetti and Diggs Must Go to Prison for White Slavery
The United States Court of Appeals affirmed the 1913 convictions of F. Drew Caminetti and Maurice I. Diggs under the Mann Act. They were found guilty of transporting Lola Norris and Marsha Warrington from Sacramento to Reno for immoral purposes. Diggs received two years on McNeil Island and a $2,000 fine. Caminetti eighteen months and a $1,500 fine.
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F. Drew Caminetti
Anthony Caminetti
United States Commissioner General of Immigration
Maurice I. Diggs
United States Court of Appeals
Gilbert
Wolverton
Erskine M. Ross
Diggs
Caminetti
William C. van Fleet
Lola Norris
Marsha Warrington
Sacramento
Cal
Reno
Nev
McNeil Island
Shipping bottleneck in the Philippines prompts use of army transports
Washington March 18 Army transports will carry Philippine goods that cannot be moved by other means due to shipping facility shortages. Secretary Garri son urged President Wilson to consider Governor General Harrison reporting the Philippines’ export shortage and its impact on imports to the United States.
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Washington
Philippine Islands
United States Army
Garrison
Wilson
Harrison
Philippines
United States
Dardanelles Impenetrable Says Athens Dispatch
An Athens report says bombardment of the Dardanelles and Smyrna is temporarily lull due to weather. Turks repair forts and boast impenetrable defenses with German support. future ammo shipments may renew the attack. Morgenthau reportedly left Constantinople for the Dardanelles with Turkish permission.
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Commercial Tribune
London
Dardanelles
Smyrna
Athens
Vossische Zeitung
Constantinople
Gallipoli
Turkey
Bosphorus
Berlin Tageszeitung
Henry Morgenthau
Heaviest Guns for New U S Battle Ships
Washington March 18 The naval bill ships may carry sixteen inch rifles the heaviest naval guns ever planned The plan follows the California class giants and tests at Indian Head show the sixteen inch gun reliable The New York Texas fourteen inch rifles weigh 63 3 tons each while the new sixteen inch weighs over 100 tons excluding mounting
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Indian Head Proving Ground
Krupp
New York
Texas
Construc
Submarine Wonder for American Navy
Secretary Daniels signed contracts for the navy's first sea going submarine to be named Schley. The Electric Boat Company will build one sea going and three harbor defense subs in Groton Connecticut. The 1000 ton vessel will surface at 20 knots and dive 10 to 12 knots, aiding battleship fleet operations.
US to Inspect Alien Prison Camps in Britain Germany and Austria
The State Department announced an arrangement allowing American representatives to inspect alien prison camps in Britain, Germany, and Austria and report on conditions and prisoner supplies. Similar talks were reported to be under way between Russia and France and Germany and Austria-Hungary through American good offices.
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the Commercial Tribune
Washington
Great Britain
Germany
Austria
United States
State Department
Russia
France
Austria-Hungary
Socialists Praise Fatherland During Budget Debate
In London on March 18 the Reichstag debate on the German budget saw Major Ernst Bassermann of the National Liberal Party laud the army and navy for their bravery as part of the second reading discussion.
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London
Reichstag
Ernst Bassermann
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