Weekly World War News From The Capital and Fronts
Executive acts and war updates from Washington and Europe. Germany reports 2.7 million losses while London Times notes. Italy bans German Austrian imports. Bulgaria seeks separate peace. Dutch mail steamer Hollandia seized. Asuncion fired on by Brazilian warships. Red Cross drives for Russian camps. Catholic and imperial circles react to shifting fronts.
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Washington Briefs on Convention, Defense Policy and Trade
Mr McAdoo says he will not be a delegate to the Democratic National Convention. Speaker Clark hopes for a compromise in the House on Wilsons defense policy. Rear Admiral Taylor says navy building can proceed if pork is forgotten. Post Office bids for air mail routes. Wilson invited to speak in Lincoln Neb by Senator Hitchcock and delegation. Hayti treaty ratified by Senate committee. oil reserve law opposed in California. A statue of Henry Mower Rice unveiled in Capitol Hall of Fame. An Italian arrested in Senate on suspicions. Cotton price averaged 12.1 cents in December, up from 7.8 cents in December 1914.
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Investigations Start On Alleged US Recruiting By British Agents
Chicago Department of Justice agents will begin a general inquiry into alleged British recruitment activities in the United States. Other items note the Boston bell rung on Lincoln’s birthday for the first time in 10 years, a Oklahoma House vote on a woman suffrage amendment, Alaska laborers striking for higher wages, Col Alberto Garcia held in Douglas for extradition, and 105 year old Joseph Fry’s death in Roanoke.
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Chicago
Department of Justice
King's Chapel
Boston
Paul Revere
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Alaska
Alberto Garcia
Douglas, Ariz
Mexico
Poisoning of Archbishop Mundelein linked to German suspect
A German suspect Jean Crones, once of Cologne and an alleged spy in Antwerp, tied to the Mundelein poisoning case in Chicago. Other items note aero patrol plans, political infighting in Nebraska, death threats to U S District Attorney Preston, and various wartime incidents across the country.
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Mundelein
Chicago
Cologne
Antwerp
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Aero Club of America
Nebraska
United States
Preston
San Francisco
Funston
War Department
Ancieto Pisaro
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St. Louis
John Boone
Baltimore
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Floyd Smith
Martin Aeroplane Co
San Diego
Cal
Grand Jury
Morganfield
Wilson
Fortress Monroe
John B. McKown
Albany
Harold L. Severy
Elk Tanneries Co
Kane
Eugene L. Ellison
Insurance Company of North America
Philadelphia
Schuylkill Iron Works
Allan Wood Co
Conshohoken
Gen. Joffre
France
New Orleans
Christiania
Kirkwall
Scotland
Old Dominion Copper Co
Los Angeles
Boxing Promoter Buys Chance For Welsh Title Fight
Dominick Teorrich of New Orleans offers Fredie Welsh a 10000 guarantee plus 3500 training expenses to meet the Dundee Man winner in New Orleans on March 4 for the lightweight championship. Final plans for the national bowling championship run March 18 to April 1 at Grand Central Palace New York. National League baseball 1916 schedule runs April 12 to October 5. Tex Rickard delays Willard Moran fight moving to March at Madison Square Garden from March 17.
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New Orleans
Fredie Welsh
Grand Central Palace
New York
National Association
George Goulding
Tex" Rickard
Madison Square Garden
Foreign Prince Joins Marie in Potsdam March Wedding
Prince Joachim heir to the Kaiser marries Princess Marie of Anhalt in Potsdam on March 11. The report lists concurrent imperial and international events including a gunboat redeployment, earthquake tremors, and political appointments.
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Kaiser
Potsdam
Princess Marie of Anhalt
Machias
Tampico
Fort de France
Martinique
Argentina
von Papen
United States
Bank of England
Anton van Gijn
Holland
England
Brazil
Northern
Lisbon
Portugal
Kaiser William
Richard Strauss L
Arethusa Sinks After Mine Off England Coast
British forces report the cruiser Arethusa, a 29 knot oil burner of 3 520 tons, struck a mine and sank rapidly off the eastern English coast. Ten crew perished and Captain Tyrdwytt led survivors, hailed as heroes for prior engagements including sinking the German cruiser Blucher.
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Tyrdwytt
England
North Sea
Arethusa
Blucher
Harwich
Charner
Syrian
Champagne
Tahure
Masiges
Navarin
Scissors
Terny
Aisne
Somme
Berlin
Germany and Austria Warn U S Of Armed Merchant Ship Attacks
Germany and Austria announce a March 1 launch of a submarine war against armed merchant vessels without warning. The United States informs its embassies to seek support from Entente capitals for disarmament proposals and a general agreement on merchant ships.
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Washington
Germany
Austria
United States
German principalities merge for moral union
Berlin reports Schwarzburg Rudolstadt and Schwarzburg Sonderhausen merged by their parliaments at Erfurt to promote a moral union of all Germans, the Overseas News Agency dispatch says.
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Schwarzburg- Rudolstadt
Schwarzburg-Sonderpausen
Erfurt
Russians press Caucasus and gain forts as war widens
Reuters reports Russian forces renew their Caucasus offensive and seize an Erzerum fort while taking many Turkish prisoners. In Mesopotamia British Prime Minister notes improvement near Kut el Amara and Townshend holds position. Austrian and Italian forces clash on Durazzo Tirana heights as Germany signals sinkings of armed merchantmen. Turkish forces deploy tens of thousands to Mesopotamia.
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Constantinople
Mesopotamia
Townshend
Kut-el- Amara
Durazzo
Tirana
Germany
Lansing
Reuter
Athens
Erzerum
Trebizona
Black Sea
France War Bill Appropriates 7.817 Billion Francs for Q2
The bill provides 7,817,000,000 francs for the second quarter of 1916. Finance Minister Ribot notes daily war expenditure in April May and June would total about 15,736,000 US dollars in normal times.
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Ribot
Wilson Says He Is a Candidate for 1916 Presidency
In letters to Secretary of State Hildebrant and A Mitchell Palmer, President Wilson says he is not seeking the nomination but allows his name to be used to meet Ohio primary rules. Ohio law requires delegates file by Feb 25 with first and second choice names and written consent. Voters in Ohio will decide if Wilson runs in the 1916 Democratic presidential race.
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Ohio
Charles Q. Hildebrant
Columbus
Wilson
Hildebrant
A. Mitchell Palmer
Pennsylvania
Garrison Quits Cabinet Over War Readiness Split
War Secretary Lindley M. Garrison resigns from President Wilson's cabinet amid irreconcilable policy differences on preparedness and Philippine independence. Assistant Secretary Henry Breckenridge also resigns, endorsing Garrison's stance. Garrison's letter cites fundamental disagreements and ends his tenure effective at the President's convenience.
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Washington
Lindley M. Garrison
New Jersey
Wilson
Garrison
Henry Breckenridge
Kentucky
Breckinnridge
Rural Credit Bill Reported for Senate Calendar Advantage
The Hollis rural credit bill which would offer farmers loans at no more than 5 percent was favorably reported to the Senate. It proposes a nonpartisan farm loan board with the Secretary of the Treasury as a member and other appointments to be made by the President, aiming for an advantageous calendar position.
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Senate
Washington
Hollis Rural Credits
Farm Loan Board
Secretary of the Treasury
Underwood Introduces Referendum Bill to Check Dry Wave
Senate Underwood introduced a bill providing a referendum in the District of Columbia where male voters over 21 may petition for a vote once 25 percent of taxpayers sign. The measure serves as a substitute for the Sheppard dry bill and aims to curb prohibition momentum in the capital.
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District of Columbia
Washington
Senate
Underwood
Hammonton Centennial Plans Formed By Delegates
Nearly four-storey delegates from over 30 organizations have formed the Hammon ton Semi Centenary Celebration Association to commemorate the town’s fift ieth year of incorporation. Thomas B. Delker was elected chairman and Mrs. Thomas Creamer secretary. Jeremiah Powell of Hancocka Bridge died at ninety two, a life spent in the area.
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Hammonton
Thomas B. Delker
Thomas Creamer
Jeremiah Powell
Hancocka Bridge
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