Kronprinz Wilhelm Slips Into Virginia Harbor After 225 Day Cruise
The German raider Kronprinz Wilhelm enters Newport News Virginia seeking fuel and provisions after a 225 day commerce raiding voyage. Crew and prisoners total 500 and 61 ill from beri beri are hospitalized. 14 ships sunk with an estimated value of 7 million dollars. Sixteen officers and men joined from the Karlsruhe. the vessel had 25 tons of coal and scarce provisions.
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Newport News
Kronprinz Wilhelm
South Atlantic
Lieydlier
Virginia Capes
Paul Thierfelder
Karlsruhe
Kronpring
Wilhelm
Thimble Shoals
United States
Thierfelder
Beri Beri
Prinz Eitel Friedrich
New York Harbor
Tamar
Coleby
New York
Alb Warneke
Big Ocean
Warneke
Bermuda
Thiers Elder
Sevteen
Riggs Bank Sues McAdoo and Williams in Court Fight
Riggs National Bank files suit in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia alleging Secretary McAdoo and Comptroller Williams conspired to ruin the bank. The petition seeks relief as the bank claims government deposits are being forced out and accuses officials of unlawful practices and self dealing.
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Riggs National Bank
Ute National City ‘Bank of New York
McAdoo
John Skelton Williams
McAdoo and Williams
Supreme Court of
District of Columbia
Department of Justice
Department
Louis D. Brandeis
Boston
Wiliams
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Riggs Bank
Treasury
Treasury Department
Comptroller of
Williams
Riggs National
Supreme Court of the District of Columbi
Notable Trials and World Events Consolidated
Jury convicts Frank Abarno and Carmine Carbone of placing a hazardous device at St Patrick's Cathedral in New York. General Huerta arrives in New York aboard the Antonio Lopez from Spain. Denver judge Ben B Lindsey is exonerated. The Countess of Granard born a son in London. Daily Express notes a state beer monopoly proposal. In Nicaragua a revolutionary movement in Estes and Managua fails under Dr. Salvador Castrillo.
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New York
Nott
Frank Abarno
Carmine Carbone
St. Patrick's Cathedral
Victoriano Huerta
Mexico
Antonio Lopez
Spain
Denver
Ben B. Lindsey
Denver Juvenile Court
Aad
County Grand Jury
London
Countess of
Salvador Castrillo
United States
Wilson Confident Despite Local Setbacks In Chicago
President Wilson remains confident in Democratic prospects after Thompson victory in Chicago and GOP wins elsewhere. He says the national administration will be endorsed by the people in next year’s presidential election despite discouragement among some Democratic leaders.
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Washington
Wilson
Thompson
Chicago
Russians Sweep Toward Hungary as Germans Hit Belgian Villages
The report says Russian forces control the Carpathian passes and descend toward the Uzsok Valley threatening Budapest. German troops take three villages on the Yser Canal near Poessele as Belgian resistance continues near Albert. Field reports note heavy fighting and reinforcements on the eastern front amid melting snow.
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Carpathian Mountains
Uzsok
Hungary
Budapest
Woevre
East Prussian
Vistula
Yser Canal
Poessele
Drei Grachten
Waiser
Montmare Wood
Albert
Uzsok-Bartfeld
Carpathians
Galicia
Bukowina
Statewide Jersey Items Build Real Estate and Church Activity
Statewide notes report real estate transactions and church programs from Gloucester to Cape May. Jitney service prospers in Gloucester. Merchantville beautifies the new school area. Broad street Palmyra to be resurfaced. various church and school initiatives, library sites, and civic actions across the counties.
Markets Report From Alte Misi Cttl vilie
Live stock prices show steers at 9 to 6.00 per cwt, bulls and cows varied with city dressed veals around 14 cents, hogs firm near 7.50 to 7.80, and soy wheat and hay figures listed. Spot grain prices include No 2 wheat at 165 and staple items like flour and tobacco noted with price ranges.
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D. P
Tenn & Ky
Texas
Long Island
Ohio
Michigan
Baltimore
Pskt
Spinich
Norfolk
Bermuda
New
Maine
Jersey
Barre
N. P
McIntosh
Erie Etree
Jonathan Wees
Timothy
Paris and Carpathians See Heavy Warfare Across Fronts
In the Carpathians Austrian and German corps totaling 1,206,000 men mass against Russian gains as reinforcements arrive. A fierce fight rages in western France between the Moselle and Meuse, with the French offensive advancing toward Metz while Berlin claims French attacks are repulsed and losses are heavy. The British report a German attack on Belgian lines near Yser recaptured Drei Grachten. Russian Carpathian successes revive talk of a separate Austro-Hungarian peace and spur Italian intervention pressure.
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Paris
Carpathians
Moselle
Meuse
France
Berlin
St. Mihiel
Metz
Austro-Hungary
Italy
Germany
Austria
Russians Press In Carpathians Driving Toward Uzsok Pass
London's dispatch describes a major wartime battle in the Carpathians as Russian forces push through Dukla Lupkow Rostock passes toward Uzsok and Budapest. Paris cites African troops joining the Allied fleets and British troops. Turkey mobilizes all capable men as rumors of German action in Holland surface.
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London
Carpathians
Dukla
Lupkow
Rostock
Uzsok
Hungary
Budapest
Paris
Dardanelles
Africa
Turkey
Germany
Holland
Scheldt
British ship repels German air attack in North Sea
Captain Sharp of the British steamship Serula drove off a German aero plane and seaplane with a repeating rifle. Major General von Ditfurth, ex-Prussian Diet member, killed near Lomza. Lord Mayor of London gives 5800 dollars to Captain Bell for sinking a submarine off Beachy Head. Allied fronts total 1656 miles. French steamer Frederic Franck torpedoed near Start Point but towed to Plymouth with no loss of life. American medical staff arrive via Finland to the Russian front. London launches campaign to recruit for Kitchener's army.
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Sharp
North Sea
von Ditfurth
Lomza
Frankfort
London
Bell
Thordis
Beachy Head
Frederic Franck
Start Point
English Channel
Plymouth
Sweden
Finland
Kitchener
War Benefits Russians Says Finance Minister
Pierre I. Bark Russian Minister of Finance argues in an interview that the war has been a financial and social blessing for Russia. He states the peasant class is more prosperous now than at any previous time in the country's history.
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Petrograd
Pierre I. Bark
M. Bark
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