Kitchener and Staff Die as Hampshire Sinks off Orkneys
London reports Earl Kitchener War Secretary bound for Russia was killed when the cruiser Hampshire sank near the West Orkney Islands. Staff and minor officers aboard, fate uncertain, as Admiralty notes possible mine or torpedo. France reacts with shock and memorials to his career.
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London
Russia
Earl Kitchener
West Orkney Islands
Hampshire
Sir John Jellicoe
Grand Fleet
Admiralty
Great Britain
Jellicoe
Archangel
Petrograd
Emperr Nicholas
Hugh James O'Beirne
O. A. Fitzgerald
Kitchener
Ellershaw
Frederick Donaldson
North Sea
Rebel attack at Monte Christ drives off in Santo Domingo
Rear-Admiral Caperton reports 200 rebels attacked the Marine camp at Monte Christ. Seven rebels killed and rebels driven off. Separate notes: Netherlands faces famine in wheat and flour. first National Woman Suffrage Association convention opens in Chicago. Captain Herbert Hirshinger of the Marines killed in Santo Domingo. Supreme Court restricts Harrison Drug Act on morphine and habit forming drugs.
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Washington
Caperton
San Domingo
Navy Department
Monte Christ
Department of Commerce
Erwin M. Thompson
Hague
Netherlands
Chicago
National
Wonton Sufffrage Association
Santo Domingo
State Department
Herbert J. Hirshinger
Marine Corps
United States Supreme Court
Storms Strike Arkansas Leaving Heavy Casualties and Destruction
A series of storms devastated central Arkansas killing over 100 people and causing about 1.5 million dollars in losses. Hot Springs reports four dead. Judsonia destroyed. White county tornado damages and many injured. Wires down, power and light out. churches and rink destroyed. special trains sent to Judsonia Kensett and Little Rock.
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Little Rock
Ark
Teporta
Arkansas
Hot Springs
Judsonia
Bald Knob
White County
Kensett
Little Mock
North Arkansas
Zapata Attacks Mexico City Stir Border Regions
News from Mexico City reports Emiliano Zapata and his forces pressing attacks on the capital, prompting consternation along the Mexican border. The possible withdrawal of Mexican troops from northern Chihuahua could ease tensions with the United States over American forces in Mexico, with Carranza’s government potentially allowing them to stay to protect bandit-ridden regions.
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el Paso
Mexico
Mexico City
Emiliano Zapata
Chihuahua
United States
Carranza
Mexican Foreign Department
Brandeis Confirmation Cleared by Senate Vote
The Senate confirmed Louis D. Brandeis of Boston as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court in executive session by 47 to 22. One Democrat, Newlands of Nevada, voted no, while three Republicans Norris of Nebraska, La Follette of Wisconsin, and Palmer of Washington supported the nomination, with Clapp of Minnesota and Grenna of North Dakota paired in favor.
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Washington
Louis D. Brandeis
Boston
Supreme Court of the United States
Senate
Supreme Court
Brandeis
Newlands
Nevada
la Follette
Wisconsin
Norris
Nebraska
Poindexter
Clapp
Minnesota
Grenna
North Dakota
Immigration adds to U.S. population in ten months
Immigrant returns for the first ten months of the current fiscal year show 291,527 immigrants admitted since July 1, 1915. During the period 212,478 emigrants left, producing a net population increase of 79,049 by immigration through April.
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Washington
United States
Pope Bans Church Dancing In North America
Pope Benedict orders a ban on dancing under parish churches in the United States and Canada. The edict could cut church revenue by hundreds of thousands of dollars, with Chicago cited as a major example. The policy does not bar dances by Roman Catholic organizations outside parish sponsorship.
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Chicago
Pope Benedict
United States
Canada
Ships Claim North Sea Victory as Press Differs
London reports and Berlin statements clash over the North Sea clash. British Admiralty cites eighteen German ships lost vs fourteen British. German Naval Staff says only one German ship lost and some torpedo craft. Survivors claim sinking of Hindenburg and Lützow, with Copenhagen reports of Seyditz sighting.
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London
Oee
Berlin
Hindenburg
Luetzow
Copenhagen
Seyditz
Derffinger
Faroe Island
North Sea
Luetzer
Euryalus
Verdun Front Battles and Casualties Report
German forces broke into the French first line between Fort Douaumont and Vaux pond after assaults from Thiaumont Farm. Paris War Office cites a French success at Le Mort Homme. German aircraft bomb Bar le Duc, 18 civilians dead and 25 wounded. French counter attack seizes 400 yards of German trenches southeast of Dead Man Hill and Courettes Height. A foothold is gained along 400 metres of the German first line near Dead Man Hill.
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London
Thiaumont
Vaux
Verdun
Fort Douaumont
Vaux Pond
Paris War Office
le’ Mort Homme
Bar-le-Duc
Dead Man Hill
Courettes Height
Germany to ban meat for eight weeks says Batocki
Berlin civilians to eat no meat for eight weeks under new food dictator Adolph von Batocki who took office last week. He says the regulation should cause no alarm and outlines the emergency diet policy for the empire.
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Berlin
Germany
Adolph von Batocki
Empire
Herr Batocki
Germans Shell Greeks Near Serbo Greek Frontier
A Saloniki dispatch reports French positions near Lake Doiran bombarded by German and Bulgarian forces. It says a Greek convoy crossing the Pataros area was cannonaded despite hoisted white and Greek flags.
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Paris
Lake Dofran
Saloniki
Pataros
Doiran
Russians Break Austro German Front on Galician Front
Petrograd reports a wide Russian offensive along a 275 mile Galician front. The advance, led by General Brunsiloff, claims 480 officers and over 25 000 men, with 27 cannon and many machine guns captured.
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Petrograd
Pripat
Rumania
Brunsiloff
Carpathians
Teutonic
Balkans
German Rush Repulsed At Fort Vaux Meuse Battle
French official statement says German attacks near Verdun failed to pierce lines except a night breach at Fort Vaux where they held a foothold briefly before a counter attack drove them out. After three days of intense fighting the German drive slowed with French defenses maintaining the fort and moat approaches.
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London
Vaux and
Damloup
Verdun
Fort Vaux
Meuse
War News Highlights Across Fronts With Pendulum of Advances
Reports from the near front describe German penetration near Hooge and attacks north of Yorea as British forces resist. Turkish efforts in Asia Minor toward the Russians fail per Petrograd, while French assaults target Fumin ridge near Fort Vaux. Russian drive from Pripet toward the Romanian frontier claims early success with 13 000 prisoners and many guns. Austrian artillery breaks up Italian detachments near Avlona amid continued bombardment near Vaux Damoloups and Fort Vaux.
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Yorea
Hooge
Asia Minor
Dal “Kurt
Erzingen
Petrograd
Fumin Ridge
Fort Vaux
Meuse
Jersey items reflect local governance and court action
The Camden area news notes organize the Clementon Heights Improvement Association and report on court proceedings, school classes, damages in a railroad suit, rate protests, municipal consolidations, street and sewer work, fire department plans, and local agricultural output. The report names multiple towns, officials, and rising public projects.
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Clementon Heights Improvement Association
Grand Lodge of
Ancient Order
United Workmen of New Jersey
United States District Court
Trenton
Crepe May
Cane May Court House
Mary Parkas
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Company
Bell Telephone Company
Millvile
Public Utility Commission
Board of Freeholders
Cape May County
Whitney Glass Works
Glassboro
Allentown Baptist Church
Peter Wikof
J. William Meek
Oaklyn
duPont
Brotherhood
West Jessup
Albert Dell
Woodbury
Fortescue
Calvin Sherman
Mount Holly
Women’s League
Collingswood Fire Company
Kennett Square Council
American Mechanics
United States
Pleasant Bank
Spencer Shoe
Burlington
Bateman
Grenloch
Charles H.moss
Haddonfield
Salem County
Vineland
Landis Township
J. H. Winslow
F. E. Russell
South Jersey
Millville Castle
Knights of the Golden Eagle
State Prison Farm
Leesburg
John Forman
Lizzie Hudson
Helena
George Edward Hudson
Pennsgrove
Salem
Justica ‘Black
Forman
State
State told to return 48000 to Lehigh Valley Railroad
Vice-Chancellor Stevens orders the state to repay 48000 plus interest since 1889 to the Lehigh Valley Railroad for the riparian grant at the Big Basin Jersey City. The case notes funds were diverted to the school fund and cannot be recovered without legislative action. The deadline is March 1 1917, with possible extra sessions.
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Trenton
Stevens
Lehigh Valley Railroad Company
Big Basin
Jersey City
Court of Chancery
Court of Errors
Lehigh Valley
Edward I. Edwards
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Khartoum
France
Egypt
South Africa
India
Herbert Horatio Kitchener
County Kerry
Ireland
World's News
Storne
Zapata
Hindent
Seydlitz
Jersey
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Edwin A. Stevens
Pines
Browns-Mills-in-the-Pines
Warren County
Justice Trenchard
J. H. Dahike
Oscar Jeffry
Freeholders
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