Bombardment of Dardanelles Forts Intensifies Across Straits
An official French report confirms demolition of forts guarding the Dardanelles entrance and ongoing mine dragging. Allied fleets press from long range and then shorter range, with several forts destroyed and minimal damage to allied ships. Turkish fleet massing at Nagara Roads faces British and French battleships and battle cruisers in eventual pursuit toward Constantinople.
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Pardanelles
Dardanelles
Erthogroll
Sedd-el-Bahr
Orhani
Nagara
Garden
Corvallis
Vengeance
Triumph
Agamemnon
Gaulois
Suffern Bouvet
London
Constantinople
Athena
Germans and French Advance in Death Grapple in France
Photographs show a German light artillery and machine gun detachment moving toward enemy lines while French scouts advance ahead of main forces to clear mined ground find trenches and report strength. The images capture cautious progress under brush as both sides seek advantageous positions.
Russians Repulse German Austrian Advances on Eastern Front
News from Petrograd reports German regiments repulsed at Przasnysz with heavy losses and Russian artillery countering. Austrians halted near Stanislau while a ten mile front sees fierce fighting and pan-Russian offensives along the Vistula. German shelling targets Ossowetz and Warsaw rail line as battles widen. Lenin press notes Russian generals captured in Mazurian fighting.
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Halitz
Stanislau
Tuchla
Munkacs
Lemberg
Stanislau- Lemberg
Rallnes
Krasna
Ossowetz
Warsaw - Petrograd
Przasnysz
Vistula
Bolimov
Man Who Fired Last Shot From the Cumberland Dies
Major General Charles Maywood United States Marine Corps retired died at Naval Hospital Washington yesterday aged 75. He fired the last shot before the Cumberland sank in the engagement with the Merrimac and saved his life by leaping overboard. He became commandant of the Marine Corps in 1902 and retired in 1903.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Charlies Maywood
United States Marine Corps
Naval Hospital
Haywood
Maine
Marine Corps
Impeachment Proceedings Initiated Against City Mayor
Indianapolis February 27. Impeachment proceedings have been instituted against Donn M. Roberts mayor of Terre Haute following affidavits by two Terre Haute councilmen charging he tried to bribe them. Roberts is already indicted on a charge he conspired to corrupt an election in Terre Haute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Donn M. Roberts
Terre Haute
Roberts
John A Griffith Dies Suddenly at Frostburg Home
John A Griffin aged 35 died suddenly at 7 this morning from heart trouble at his Ormand street residence in Frostburg. He leaves a wife Stella Workman and four children Clarence Charlotte Gladys Evelyn, plus two sisters and six brothers. He was part of Griffith Bros grocery and a member of the L O O M. Funeral plans pending with Hafer Undertaking.
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John A. Griffith
Ormand Street
Frostburg
Griffith
William Griffith
Main Street
Stella Workman
Clarence
Charlotte
Gladys
Evelyn
Sarah Houster
Washington, Pa
Anna Krapf
Mt. Savage
Robert
William
Thomas
David
George
Richard Griffith
Griffith Bros
Hafer Undertaking Establishment
Investigating Ships Alleged to Carry Goods to German Warships
A Federal grand jury in New York opened probes into alleged customs and neutrality violations tied to the steamships Lorenno Berwind Fram and Sommerstad. The inquiry focuses on false manifests and concealment of contraband destined for German warships, stemming from a British complaint filed by Sir Courtney Bennett.
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New York
Federal
Grand Jury
Lorenno
Berwind
Fram
Sommerstad
Atlantic
United States
Sir Courtney Bennett
Sayre declines University of Wisconsin job offer
Francis Sayre son in law of President Wilson turned down the Wisconsin University offer to serve as business manager at 6000 dollars a year. Regents sent Theodore Hammond and M B E McCaffrey to Washington to obtain his reconsideration but he declined. Becker Must Die is a separate notice.
Hog spree mystery at Bismark ranch pens
In Creeple Creek Colorado on February 27 a bottle of morphine solution was tossed into the hogs swill barrel during a county jail disturbance. The hogs consumed the liquid and then staggered into a dangerous binge before collapsing to rest. Authorities investigate the incident as a possible inmate prank tied to a jail breakout.
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Creeple Creek
Colo
Bismark Ranch
Glove Key Question in Aurora Girl Murder Probe
Police rely on an old woolen glove found near the crime scene to identify the murderer of Emma Peterson, 21, struck by a gas pipe. Bloodhounds from Decatur are en route, handbag found on Northwestern tracks a half mile away. another pair of similar murders in the area remains unsolved.
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Aurora
Ill
Emma Peterson
Michels
Miss Miller
Miss Peterson
Miss. Miller
John Mason
Nations urged to form a world state by Congress action
Boston February 27 The House concurred with a Senate resolution requesting Congress invite all nations to unite in forming a world state.
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Boston
House
Senate
Congress
Foot and mouth disease kills 20 Guernsey cattle near Wheeling
Officers of the U S bureau of animal industry destroy a 20 head imported Guernsey herd on the Joebetty stock farm near Wheeling owned by Joseph Speidel a wealthy merchant. The herd valued at $25 000 was destroyed and the farm placed under quarantine.
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Wheeling
United States Bureau of Animal Industry
Guernsey
Here
Josephy Speidel
Tt City
Earl Ogileuere
Boy with Right-Side Heart Dies After Surgery
New York reports the death of four year old David Keinwand who had a right-sided heart. After pneumonia recurrences and pressure on the right lung doctors confirmed the heart's unusual position and performed an operation at Flower Hospital, but the child died within two hours.
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New York
David Keinwand
Flower Hospital
Ilittle
Albany Hosts First Public Auction Sale Draws Huge Crowd
Albany Oregon February 27 public auction aimed at linking buyers and sellers and stimulating trade. A parade preceded the sale as horses wagons chickens plows mowers rakes and household goods sold without auctioneer fees. Albany merchants held side sales for various commodities amid the large agriculturist turnout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Ore
Albany Farm Bureau planned by chamber of commerce
Albany New York February 27 plans for a local farm bureau are being perfected by the chamber of commerce. The bureau aims to reduce the cost of living and repopulate vacant farms in Albany County.
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Albany
N. Y
Chamber of Commerce
Albany County
Lover's Leap Prize Poem Won by Local Poet
Mary J. Fahey of 213 N Center Street won one dollar for her poem Legend of Lover's Leap. The weekly prize contest drew meritorious entries and will close next Thursday night for the fourth week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary J. Fahey
Center Street
New Russian Offensives Reported Along Poland Front
Berlin reports confirmed that new Russian forces have launched a general offensive along the Przasnysz Lomza Augustot line in Poland. Attacks target Von Hindenburg's German armies as the conflict widens in the region.
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Berlin
Przasnysz-Lomza-Augustot
Poland
von Hindenburg
Seaman's bill passed by Senate without roll call
Washington February 27. The Seaman's bill raising safety and sailor working standards was approved by the Senate today without a roll call and now requires the President's signature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Shooting and Suicide in Canandaigua Incident
In Canandaigua New York on February 27 Emory twenty three of Fishers near here shot and killed Irene Davis and then killed himself. The event occurred in a private residence and authorities investigated the double tragedy.
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Canandaigua
N. Y
Emory
Here
Irene Davis
Maryland to Attend Panama-Pacific Exposition Events
Maryland will have two days at the Panama Pacific Exposition in San Francisco. One day is for the commission on March 20 and another for Governor Goldsborough and staff around May 26.
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Maryland
San Francisco
Goldsborough
Nicknames of Russian Generals Drawn by Soldier Humor
Petrograd reports Russian troops assign nicknames to generals reflecting traits. Grand Duke Nicolas is "Ble Nick," IVANOT is "Turcoman" for a black beard, Ruzski is called "the scholarly private" or "Yellow tire" from a yellow wheel. Austrians Dank and von Hofen are dubbed "the fox" and "Spasibo" while Conred earns "Vienna."
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Ivunot
Turcoman
Ruzski
Dank
von Tmoetzendorf
the Fox
Alee
Spasibo
Danke
Conred
Vienna
Americans Reported Killed and Safe Confusion
Fragmentary OCR notes claim Americans were killed and others saved with unclear references to Washington Pebrusky Van Drier Mayelyn Was Ty. No coherent event or names. Source text is garbled and lacks verifiable details.
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Washington
Pebrusky
van Drier
Mayelyn Wasty
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Third Army
The
Cumberland
Sayre
Becker
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Decatur
Theresa Hollander
Tony Petras
Jennie Miller
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Nick
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